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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2019

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis commonly complicates treated pulmonary tuberculosis with residual cavitation.

Iain D Page, Rosemary Byanyima, Sharath Hosmane, Nathan Onyachi, Cyprian Opira, Malcolm Richardson, Richard Sawyer, Anna Sharman, David W Denning

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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95citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Iain D PageDivision of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK iain.page@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9769-2776
Rosemary ByanyimaKampala Imaging Centre, Kampala, Uganda.
Sharath HosmaneRadiology Dept, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Nathan OnyachiGulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu, Uganda.
Cyprian OpiraSt Mary's Hospital at Lacor, Gulu, Uganda.
Malcolm RichardsonDivision of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
Richard SawyerRadiology Dept, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Anna SharmanRadiology Dept, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
David W DenningDivision of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBManchester University NHS Foundation Trust · GBGulu Hospital · UGKampala University · UGSt. Mary's Hospital Lacor · UG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) complicates treated pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), with high 5-year mortality. We measured CPA prevalence in this group.398 Ugandans with treated pulmonary TB underwent clinical assessment, chest radiography and

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AdultAgedAntibodies, FungalAspergillusChronic DiseaseCoinfectionCoughDisease ProgressionFemaleHemoptysisHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedPrevalencePulmonary AspergillosisAntibodies, FungalImmunoglobulin G

Identifiers

PMID30705126
PMCPMC6422837
OpenAlexW2906312714

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