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Observational studymSphere

An Observational Cohort Study of

Krishna Rao, Peter D R Higgins, Vincent B Young

Open access · goldAbstract readObservational Study
In one paragraph

Observational study in mSphere. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Clostridioides difficile infections caused by hypervirulent strains: a single-centre real-life study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
    Article
  4. Observational
  5. "Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  6. The Strain and the Clinical Outcome ofOpen forum infectious diseases · 2024
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Prevalence of diagnostically-discrepantFrontiers in medicine · 2023
    Article
  9. Article
  10. An Update onToxins · 2022
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Risk Factors Associated with RecurrentHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Recurrent community-acquired Clostridium(Clostridioides)difficile infection in Serbianchildren.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020
    Article
  15. Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krishna RaoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA krirao@med.umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9213-7850
Peter D R HigginsDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Vincent B YoungDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)UL1TR002240 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUMENG, JULIE C, MASHOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER · 2017 to 2022
$54.9M
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MCHR)UL1TR000433 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MASHOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER · 2012 to 2016
$49.9M
Research Education CoreP30AG024824 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Neil Alexander · 2004 to 2026
$29.2M
University of Michigan Center for Gastrointestinal ResearchP30DK034933 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI OWYANG, CHUNG · 1986 to 2021
$22.5M
Systems biology of Clostridium difficile infectionU01AI124255 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCHLOSS, PATRICK DAVID, YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2016 to 2020
$9.8M
The Interplay Between Host Immunity and Clostridium difficile PathogenesisU19AI090871 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2010 to 2014
$7.5M
Host and Microbial Biomarkers Related to the Development of Complicated Clostridium difficile InfectionR21AI120599 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2015 to 2016
$426k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000433NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002240NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI120599NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI124255NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090871NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024824NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent

Indexed as

RibotypingAdultAgedClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceRisk AssessmentUnited StatesYoung Adultbiomarkersclinical decision makingClostridium difficilemolecular epidemiologyribotyping

Identifiers

PMID29794054
PMCPMC5967198
OpenAlexW2804230812

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Registered trials

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