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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Sensitivity of Single-Molecule Array Assays for Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxins in Comparison to Conventional Laboratory Testing Algorithms.

Alice Banz, Aude Lantz, Brigitte Riou, Agnès Foussadier, Mark Miller, Kerrie Davies, Mark Wilcox

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In one paragraph

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, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Laboratory Diagnostic Methods forAnnals of laboratory medicine · 2021
    Pooled it
  2. Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  5. Emerging Diagnostics inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  7. A point-prevalence study on community and inpatientEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2022
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  11. Laboratory Tests for the Diagnosis ofClinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2020
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alice BanzbioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France alice.banz@biomerieux.com.
Aude LantzbioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France.
Brigitte RioubioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France.
Agnès FoussadierbioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France.
Mark MillerbioMérieux, Marcy L'Etoile, France.
Kerrie DaviesLeeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Mark WilcoxLeeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom.
bioMérieux (France) · FRLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guidelines recommend the use of an algorithm for the laboratory diagnosis of

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlgorithmsBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsChildClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsEnterocolitis, PseudomembranousEnterotoxinsFecesFemaleHumansImmunoassayBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinstcdA protein, Clostridium difficiletoxB protein, Clostridium difficileClostridium difficileultrasensitivity

Identifiers

PMID29898996
PMCPMC6062787
OpenAlexW2805515367

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