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ArticleNature immunology2018

Tuberculous meningitis: a roadmap for advancing basic and translational research.

Sanjay K Jain, David M Tobin, Elizabeth W Tucker, Vishwanath Venketaraman, Alvaro A Ordonez, Lakshmi Jayashankar, Omar K Siddiqi, Dima A Hammoud, Nemani V Prasadarao, Matyas Sandor and 3 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. High dose of rifampicin in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  2. A clinical practice guideline for tuberculous meningitis.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2026
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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

13 authors.

Sanjay K JainCenter for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. sjain5@jhmi.edu.
David M TobinDepartments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-5518
Elizabeth W TuckerCenter for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Vishwanath VenketaramanDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA.
Alvaro A OrdonezCenter for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8571-0655
Lakshmi JayashankarColumbus Technologies, Inc., Contractor to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Omar K SiddiqiGlobal Neurology Program, Division of Neuro-Immunology, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Dima A HammoudCenter for Infectious Disease Imaging, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Nemani V PrasadaraoSabin Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Matyas SandorDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Richard HafnerDivision of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Zsuzsanna FabryDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA. zfabry@wisc.edu.
NIH Tuberculous Meningitis Writing Group

Funding

Macrophage Reprogramming During Granuloma Formation in the ZebrafishR01AI130236 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI David M. Tobin · 2017 to 2026
$4.5M
Genetic dissection of angiogenesis in the tuberculous granulomaR01AI125517 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI David M. Tobin · 2017 to 2026
$4.4M
Novel Imaging Tracers for Rapid and Noninvasive Assessment of Bacterial InfectionR01EB020539 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JAIN, SANJAY · 2014 to 2018
$3.6M
The Genetic Basis of Bone Disease in Mycobacterial InfectionR01AI127715 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Clare Margaret Smith, David M. Tobin · 2017 to 2026
$3.3M
Molecular Imaging for Pulmonary Infections and InflammationR01HL131829 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JAIN, SANJAY · 2016 to 2018
$2.2M
CNS TuberculosisR01NS076946 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI FABRY, ZSUZSANNA · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
Innate immunity of granulomatous inflammation: the role of VEGFR01HL128778 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SANDOR, MATYAS · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
Novel CSF Diagnostics and Genotype Markers of Tuberculous Meningitis in ZambiaK23NS084054 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SIDDIQI, OMAR KHALIK · 2014 to 2018
$910k
Core Research Services for Molecular Imaging and Imaging SciencesZICCL040013 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI FRANK, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2025
$0k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128778NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131829NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125517NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127715NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130236NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB020539NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS084054NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Tuberculosis, MeningealAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID29777209
PMCPMC6089350

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