Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30665275›Full record

ArticleIranian biomedical journal2019

Comparison of OmpA Gene-Targeted Real-Time PCR with the Conventional Culture Method for Detection of Acinetobacter baumanii in Pneumonic BALB/c Mice

Niloofar Hassannejad, Abbas Bahador, Nasim Hayati Rudbari, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi, Kazem Parivar

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Iranian biomedical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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.

Niloofar HassannejadDept. of Cell Biology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas BahadorDept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nasim Hayati RudbariDept. of Cell Biology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein ModarressiDept. of Medical Genetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kazem ParivarDept. of Cell Biology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogen in health care and is responsible for severe nosocomial and community-acquired pneumonia. To design novel therapeutic agents, a mouse model for A. baumannii pneumonia is essential. Methods: We described a mouse model of A. baumannii using clinical and 19606R standard strains for developing a quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) for rapid identification of A. baumannii infection from lung tissues of BALB/c mice. Results: To infect the mice, three doses of bacteria (0.5 × 108, 1 × 108, and 1.5 × 108 cfu/ml) were used. Lung tissues were cultured and compared with ompA gene. Clinical isolates had better positive results at day three with the highest dose than 19606 strain either in culture (4 versus 3) or in qRT-PCR (5 versus 4). However, qRT-PCR detection was 100%, the specificity was 70%, and the positive predictive value was 27%. Conclusion: The qRT-PCR detection of A. baumannii in the BALB/c mice model has a higher sensitivity than the culture method.

Indexed as

Acinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsAnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCells, CulturedFemaleGene TargetingMaleMice, Inbred BALB CPneumonia, BacterialReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsOMPA outer membrane proteinsAcinetobacter baumaniiBALB/c miceOmpAqRT-PCR Pneumonia

Identifiers

PMID30665275
PMCPMC6707111

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.