Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31055469›Full record

SynthesisSexually transmitted infections2019

Manuel Cina, Lukas Baumann, Dianne Egli-Gany, Florian S Halbeisen, Hammad Ali, Pippa Scott, Nicola Low

Open access · hybridAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Sexually transmitted infections, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021
    Guideline
  3. Guidelines and Diagnostic Assays forOpen forum infectious diseases · 2026
    Article
  4. Treatment Approaches for RefractoryOpen forum infectious diseases · 2026
    Article
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  6. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Mycoplasma genitalium and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Manuel CinaInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Lukas BaumannInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Dianne Egli-GanyInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4725-0475
Florian S HalbeisenInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2755-9501
Hammad AliThe Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Pippa ScottInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Nicola LowInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland nicola.low@ispm.unibe.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-4817-8986
University of Bern · CHUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsWe searched Medline, EMBASE, LILACS, IndMed and African Index Medicus from 1 January 1981 until 17 March 2018. Two independent researchers screened studies for inclusion and extracted data. We examined results in forest plots, assessed heterogeneity and conducted meta-analysis where appropriate. Risk of bias was assessed for all studies.

resultsWe screened 4634 records and included 18 studies; six (4201 women) reported on incidence, five (636 women) on persistence, 10 (1346 women and men) on concordance and three (5139 women) on PID. Incidence in women in two very highly developed countries was 1.07 per 100 person-years (95% CI 0.61 to 1.53, I DISCUSSION: Incidence of REGISTRATION NUMBERS: CRD42015020420, CRD42015020405.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsSexual BehaviorSexual PartnersYoung AdultAnti-Bacterial Agentsinfectious diseasesmeta-analysismycoplasmasystematic reviews

Identifiers

PMID31055469
PMCPMC6678058
OpenAlexW2950795931

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Registered trials

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