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ArticlePneumonia (Nathan Qld.)2018

Corynebacteria as a cause of pulmonary infection: a case series and literature review.

Katharine Yang, Robert L Kruse, Weijie V Lin, Daniel M Musher

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In one paragraph

Article in Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katharine Yang1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 USA.
Robert L Kruse1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 USA.
Weijie V Lin1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 USA.
Daniel M Musher1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn most cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an etiologic agent is not determined; the most common report from the microbiological evaluation of sputum cites "normal respiratory flora." Non-diphtheria CASE PRESENTATIONS: This report present 3 cases of CAP in which

conclusionWhen identified as the predominant isolate in sputum from a patient with CAP,

Indexed as

CorynebacteriaDiphtheroidsNormal respiratory floraPneumonia

Identifiers

PMID30324081
PMCPMC6173903
OpenAlexW2895599094

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