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ReviewNew microbes and new infections2018

Male infertility: the intracellular bacterial hypothesis.

M Stojanov, D Baud, G Greub, N Vulliemoz

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Review in New microbes and new infections, 2018. 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
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Prevalence ofEthiopian journal of health sciences · 2023
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  9. Role of Infection and Leukocytes in Male Infertility.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  10. Bacteriospermia and Male Infertility: Role of Oxidative Stress.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  14. Male infertility due to testicular disorders.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2021
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M StojanovMaterno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
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D BaudMaterno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
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G GreubInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
N VulliemozFertility Medicine and Gynaecological Endocrinology Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
Mother Hospital · INUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infertility is a disease that affects one in seven couples. As male infertility affects approximately 30% of these couples with an unknown cause in half the cases, it represents a major public health concern. The classic treatment of male infertility involves intrauterine insemination, with modest outcome, and

Indexed as

Chlamydiamale infertilityMycoplasmaUreaplasma

Identifiers

PMID30224969
PMCPMC6138880
OpenAlexW2888056551

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