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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2019

Comparable Serum and Plasma 1,3-β-d-Glucan Values Obtained Using the Wako β-Glucan Test in Patients with Probable or Proven Fungal Diseases.

Elena De Carolis, Federica Marchionni, Riccardo Torelli, Patrizia Posteraro, Gennaro De Pascale, Simone Carelli, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evaluating the sensitivity of the Wako β-D-glucan assay for the diagnosis of candidemia caused by Candida parapsilosis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Elena De CarolisFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Rome, Italy.
Federica MarchionniFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Rome, Italy.
Riccardo TorelliFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Rome, Italy.
Patrizia PosteraroOspedale San Carlo GVM, Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica e Microbiologia, Rome, Italy.
Gennaro De PascaleFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Emergenza, Anestesiologiche e della Rianimazione, Rome, Italy.
Simone CarelliFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Emergenza, Anestesiologiche e della Rianimazione, Rome, Italy.
Maurizio SanguinettiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Rome, Italy maurizio.sanguinetti@unicatt.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9780-7059
Brunella PosteraroFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Aspergillosisbeta-GlucansCandidiasisHumansMycosesPlasmaPneumonia, PneumocystisReagent Kits, DiagnosticSensitivity and SpecificitySerologic TestsSerumbeta-1,3-glucanbeta-GlucansReagent Kits, Diagnosticbeta-glucanbiomarkerindividualized diagnosis

Identifiers

PMID30842228
PMCPMC6498008

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