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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Searching for a Potential Algorithm for Clostridium difficile Testing at a Tertiary Care Hospital: Does Toxin Enzyme Immunoassay Testing Help?

Angela M Theiss, Agnes Balla, Angie Ross, Denise Francis, Christina Wojewoda

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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 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Significance of a polymerase chain reaction method in the detection of Clostridioides difficile.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2021
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela M TheissDepartment of Pathology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA angela.theiss@uvmhealth.org.
Agnes BallaDepartment of Pathology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Angie RossInfection Prevention Department, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Denise FrancisDepartment of Pathology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Christina WojewodaDepartment of Pathology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
University of Vermont Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsImmunoassayAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacterial ToxinsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsDiagnostic Tests, RoutineFecesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionBacterial ToxinsClostridioides difficileClostridium difficileClostridium difficile toxinmolecular methodstesting

Identifiers

PMID29743303
PMCPMC6018335
OpenAlexW2800396460

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.