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ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2019

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: Emerging Paradigms in Pathogenesis that Affect Prevention and Treatment.

Tamara D Simon, Joshua K Schaffzin, Charles B Stevenson, Kathryn Willebrand, Matthew Parsek, Lucas R Hoffman

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Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Intracranial drainage versus extracranial shunt in the treatment of intracranial arachnoid cysts: a meta-analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022
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  17. The role of intraventricular antibiotic therapy in the treatment of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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  20. A Case of Coccidioidal Meningitis With Biofilm Obstructing VP Shunt Due toJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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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

6 authors.

Tamara D SimonDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: tamara.simon@seattlechildrens.org.
Joshua K SchaffzinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Charles B StevensonDivision of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Kathryn WillebrandDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Matthew ParsekDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Lucas R HoffmanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Center for Infection and Prematurity Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA.

Funding

Translational Research Center to Expedite Novel Therapies in Cystic FibrosisP30DK089507 · NIDDK · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Christopher Hooper Goss, Lucas R Hoffman · 2010 to 2026
$21.4M
Targeting the CSF microbiota to optimize CSF shunt infection treatmentR01NS095979 · NINDS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SIMON, TAMARA DANIELLE · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK089507NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095979
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cerebrospinal Fluid ShuntsBiofilmsCerebrospinal FluidChildChild, PreschoolHumansHydrocephalusInfantInfant, NewbornInfection ControlMicrobiological TechniquesProstheses and ImplantsProsthesis-Related InfectionsReoperationUnited Statescerebrospinal fluidinfectionpreventionshunttreatment

Identifiers

PMID30528757
PMCPMC6389391

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