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ArticleMedical journal, Armed Forces India2018

Outbreak of

I D Khan, A K Sahni, Sourav Sen, R M Gupta, Atoshi Basu

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Article in Medical journal, Armed Forces India, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

I D KhanAssistant Professor (Microbiology), Army College of Medical Sciences and Base Hospital, New Delhi 110010, India.
A K SahniBrig Med, HQ 15 Corps, c/o 56 APO, India.
Sourav SenProfessor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
R M GuptaConsultant and Professor (Microbiology), Affiliated Faculty, Dept of Lab Sciences and Molecular Medicine, Army Hospital (R & R), New Delhi 110001, India.
Atoshi BasuConsultant, Department of Pathology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals · INArmed Forces Medical College · INArmy Hospital Research and Referral · INUniversity College of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methods

resultsThe outbreak affected 12 neutropenic patients over 50 days. No specific clinical features were noted. The hypothesis could not be substantiated.

conclusion

Indexed as

AlgaemiaChemotherapyChlorellaOutbreakPrototheca wickerhamii

Identifiers

PMID30449922
PMCPMC6224639
OpenAlexW2752531359

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