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ArticleAfrican health sciences2017

Prevalence of

Ephraim Ehidiamen Ibadin, Idahosa Onaiwu Enabulele, Fowora Muinah

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Article in African health sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ephraim Ehidiamen IbadinMedical Microbiology Unit, Medical Laboratory Services, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
Idahosa Onaiwu EnabuleleDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Fowora MuinahMolecular Biology and Biotechnology Division, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe

objectivesThis study sought to investigate the occurrence and distribution of

methodsNinety one (91) clinical isolates comprising

results

conclusionThis study draws attention on the increase in the prevalence of

Indexed as

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism AnalysisAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCoagulaseGenes, BacterialHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusNigeriaPenicillin-Binding ProteinsPrevalenceStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcusStaphylococcus aureusTertiary Care CentersWound InfectionAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCoagulasemecA protein, Staphylococcus aureusPenicillin-Binding Proteinscoagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS)mecA genemethicillin-resistanceStaphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)

Identifiers

PMID29937870
PMCPMC5870281

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