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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

High Prevalence of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strains in Malaysia.

Thomas V Riley, Deirdre A Collins, Rina Karunakaran, Maria Abdul Kahar, Ariza Adnan, Siti Asma Hassan, Nadiah Hanim Zainul, F R Mohammed Rustam, Z Abd Wahab, Ramliza Ramli and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Phenotypic Characterization of Non-toxigenicFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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  13. Emerging microbes & infections · 2019
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  14. Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018
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  15. 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management ofWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas V RileySchool of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia thomas.riley@uwa.edu.au.
Deirdre A CollinsSchool of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6754-9290
Rina KarunakaranDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Maria Abdul KaharDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ariza AdnanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Siti Asma HassanSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
Nadiah Hanim ZainulSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
F R Mohammed RustamFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
Z Abd WahabSungai Buloh Hospital, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
Ramliza RamliDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yeong Yeh LeeSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6486-7717
Hamimah HassanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University Malaya Medical Centre · MYHospital Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYHospital Sungai Buloh · MYMurdoch University · AUNational University of Malaysia · MYThe University of Western Australia · AUUniversiti Teknologi MARA · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence shows a high prevalence of

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsDiarrheaDNA, BacterialEnterotoxinsFecesFemaleGlutamate DehydrogenaseHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsDNA, BacterialEnterotoxinsGlutamate DehydrogenasetcdA protein, Clostridium difficiletoxB protein, Clostridium difficileClostridium difficileepidemiologyMalaysiaprevalence

Identifiers

PMID29563206
PMCPMC5971540
OpenAlexW2791557841

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