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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2018

Outbreak of

Sören L Becker, Fabian K Berger, Susanne K Feldner, Irem Karliova, Manfred Haber, Alexander Mellmann, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Barbara Gärtner

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sören L BeckerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Fabian K BergerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Susanne K FeldnerDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Irem KarliovaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Manfred HaberHospital Pharmacy, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Alexander MellmannInstitute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Hans-Joachim SchäfersDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Barbara GärtnerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Saarland University · DEInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DEUniversity Hospital Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three German patients developed nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery and had

Indexed as

Drug ContaminationMouthwashesAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Infective Agents, LocalBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidBurkholderia cepacia complexBurkholderia InfectionsCross InfectionHealthcare-Associated PneumoniaHumansIminesMaleMouthPostoperative ComplicationsPyridinesAnti-Infective Agents, LocalIminesMouthwashesoctenidinePyridinesBurkholderia cepaciaHygieneInfection preventionOutbreak investigationWhole-genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID30352639
PMCPMC6199865
OpenAlexW2896202939

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