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ArticleBioMed research international2019

Bacterial Aetiologies of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Serges Tchatchouang, Ariane Nzouankeu, Sebastien Kenmoe, Laure Ngando, Veronique Penlap, Marie-Christine Fonkoua, Eric-Walter Pefura-Yone, Richard Njouom

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Article in BioMed research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Serges TchatchouangDepartment of Virology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Ariane NzouankeuDepartment of Bacteriology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Sebastien KenmoeDepartment of Virology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Laure NgandoDepartment of Bacteriology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Veronique PenlapDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Marie-Christine FonkouaDepartment of Bacteriology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Eric-Walter Pefura-YoneDepartment of Pneumology, Jamot Hospital, P.O. Box 4021, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Richard NjouomDepartment of Virology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0003-3112-6370
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun · CMUniversité de Yaoundé I · CM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) remain a challenge in African healthcare settings and only few data are available on their aetiology in Cameroon. The purpose of this study was to access the bacterial cause of LRTIs in patients in Cameroon by two methods.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsCameroonFemaleHaemophilus influenzaeHumansKlebsiella pneumoniaeMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedMycobacterium tuberculosisPseudomonas aeruginosaRespiratory Tract InfectionsAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID31119172
PMCPMC6500673
OpenAlexW2937508730

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