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ArticleWellcome open research2018

Can improved diagnostics reduce mortality from Tuberculous meningitis? Findings from a 6.5-year cohort in Uganda.

Fiona V Cresswell, Ananta S Bangdiwala, Nathan C Bahr, Emily Trautner, Edwin Nuwagira, Jayne Ellis, Radha Rajasingham, Joshua Rhein, Darlisha A Williams, Conrad Muzoora and 3 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Fiona V CresswellDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-532X
Ananta S BangdiwalaDivision Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Nathan C BahrDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-8938
Emily TrautnerUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-4402
Edwin NuwagiraMbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Jayne EllisDoctors.net.uk, Abingdon, OX14 4SH, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-9144
Radha RajasinghamDivision of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Joshua RheinInfectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-9646
Darlisha A WilliamsInfectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Conrad MuzooraMbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Alison M ElliottDepartment of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-9549
David B MeyaInfectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
David R BoulwareDivision of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-0060
University of Minnesota · USMbarara University of Science and Technology · UGUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of London · GBUniversity of Kansas · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Improving Diagnostics and Neurocognitive Outcomes in HIV/AIDS-related MeningitisR01NS086312 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI David R Boulware, David Bisagaya Meya · 2013 to 2026
$8.3M
Medical Research Council MC_UU_00027/5NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086312Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

diagnosisHIVoutcomesTBMTuberculous meningitis

Identifiers

PMID30027125
PMCPMC6039934
OpenAlexW2805348151

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Registered trials

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