Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30800286›Full record

ArticleF1000Research2018

Michael Walekhwa, Margaret Muturi, Revathi Gunturu, Eucharia Kenya, Beatrice Kabera

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Article in F1000Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis in Ethiopia: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Implementation Gaps.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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  5. Molecular characterization of invasiveMicrobiology spectrum · 2023
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  7. F1000Research · 2018
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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.

Michael WalekhwaDepartment of Pathology, Gertrude's Children's Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-1337-1284
Margaret MuturiDepartment of Pathology, Gertrude's Children's Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Revathi GunturuSchool of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Eucharia KenyaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya.
Beatrice KaberaDepartment of Medicine, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Pneumococcal InfectionsSerogroupStreptococcus pneumoniaeChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitals, PediatricHumansInfantKenyaMalePneumococcal VaccinesPrevalenceSerotyping10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal VaccinesBile solubilityNairobiOptochin testQuellung reactionserotypesStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID30800286
PMCPMC6367659

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Registered trials

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