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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2019

The Washing Machine as a Reservoir for Transmission of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (CTX-M-15)-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca ST201 to Newborns.

Ricarda M Schmithausen, Esther Sib, Martin Exner, Sylvia Hack, Claudia Rösing, Patrick Ciorba, Gabriele Bierbaum, Mykhailo Savin, Sally F Bloomfield, Martin Kaase and 5 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-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

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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ricarda M SchmithausenInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany ricarda.schmithausen@ukbonn.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3736-8672
Esther SibInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Martin ExnerInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Sylvia HackInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Claudia RösingInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Patrick CiorbaInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Gabriele BierbaumInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Bonn, Germany.
Mykhailo SavinDepartment of Preventive Health Management, Institute of Animal Science, Bonn, Germany.
Sally F BloomfieldLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Martin KaaseNational Reference Laboratory for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Anja JacobshagenInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Stefanie GemeinInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Jürgen GebelInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Steffen EngelhartInstitute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Daniel ExnerDepartment of General, Visceral, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DERuhr University Bochum · DEUniversity of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the period from April 2012 to May 2013, 13 newborns (1 to 4 weeks of age) and 1 child in a pediatric hospital ward in Germany were colonized with

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialLaundry Service, HospitalRubberWater MicrobiologyAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldEnvironmental MicrobiologyEquipment ContaminationFomitesGermanyHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesRubbercolonizationESBL-producing bacteriaKlebsiella oxytocalaundrynewbornsST201washing machine

Identifiers

PMID31562168
PMCPMC6821978
OpenAlexW2972644268

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