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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018

Diagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Potential of A Stool-Based Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Andrew R DiNardo, Alexander W Kay, Gugu Maphalala, Nadine M Harris, Celia Fung, Godwin Mtetwa, Pilar Ustero, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Ngan Ha, Edward A Graviss and 2 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrew R DiNardoInternal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Alexander W KayThe Baylor-Swaziland Children's Foundation, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Gugu MaphalalaMinistry of Health, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Nadine M HarrisInternal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Celia FungThe Baylor-Swaziland Children's Foundation, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Godwin MtetwaThe Baylor-Swaziland Children's Foundation, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Pilar UsteroThe Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Sindisiwe DlaminiMinistry of Health, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Ngan HaDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.
Edward A GravissDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.
Rojelio MejiaThe National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Anna M MandalakasThe Global TB Program, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Texas Children's Hospital · USBaylor College of Medicine · USHouston Methodist · USMinistry of Health · SZChildren’s Foundation · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A quantifiable, stool-based,

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAntibiotics, AntitubercularChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesColony Count, MicrobialDrug Resistance, BacterialFecesFemaleHumansLimit of DetectionMaleMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesMycobacterium tuberculosisReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionAntibiotics, Antitubercular

Identifiers

PMID29692304
PMCPMC6090360
OpenAlexW2801810256

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