Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29990306›Full record

GuidelineDiagnosis (Berlin, Germany)2018

Diagnostic stewardship and the 2017 update of the IDSA-SHEA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection.

Gregory R Madden, Melinda D Poulter, Costi D Sifri

Abstract readPractice Guideline
In one paragraph

Guideline in Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Diagnosis ofJournal of medical microbiology · 2024
    Review
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  4. Propensity-Matched Cost ofOpen forum infectious diseases · 2021
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  5. Patient Outcomes With Prevented vs NegativeOpen forum infectious diseases · 2020
    Article
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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

3 authors.

Gregory R MaddenDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-3156
Melinda D PoulterClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Costi D SifriDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.

Funding

INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007046 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Alison K Criss, William A Petri · 1985 to 2026
$15.3M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antimicrobial StewardshipClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCross InfectionDecision MakingDiagnostic ErrorsHospitalizationHumansInfectious Disease MedicineQuality ImprovementReagent Kits, DiagnosticReagent Kits, DiagnosticClostridium difficilediagnostic errordiagnostic stewardship

Identifiers

PMID29990306
PMCPMC7066535

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Registered trials

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