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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2019

Delays in Patient Presentation and Diagnosis for Buruli Ulcer (

Shaun P Coutts, Colleen L Lau, Emma J Field, Michael J Loftus, Ee Laine Tay

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019. 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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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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 at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shaun P CouttsHealth Protection Branch, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. shaun.coutts@anu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-9827-9166
Colleen L LauResearch School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8288-4169
Emma J FieldResearch School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
Michael J LoftusAlfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Ee Laine TayHealth Protection Branch, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Australian National University · AUAlfred Health · AUDepartment of Health and Human Services · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uncertainty regarding transmission pathways and control measures makes prompt presentation and diagnosis for Buruli ulcer critical. To examine presentation and diagnosis delays in Victoria, Australia, we conducted a retrospective study of 703 cases notified between 2011 and 2017, classified as residing in an endemic (Mornington Peninsula; Bellarine Peninsula; South-east Bayside and Frankston) or non-endemic area. Overall median presentation delay was 30 days (IQR 14-60 days), with no significant change over the study period (

Indexed as

AustraliaBuruli ulcerepidemiologyMycobacterium ulceransskin ulcerTuberculosis and other mycobacteria

Identifiers

PMID31277453
PMCPMC6789443
OpenAlexW2954385348

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