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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2019

Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis.

Pablo Yagupsky, Pilar Morata, Juan D Colmenero

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 249 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
249citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
26.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

249 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 413 citations in OpenAlex.

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189 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pablo YagupskyClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel PYagupsky@gmail.com.
Pilar MorataBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Juan D ColmeneroInfectious Diseases Service, University Regional Hospital, Málaga, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga · ESBen-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical presentation of brucellosis in humans is variable and unspecific, and thus, laboratory corroboration of the diagnosis is essential for the patient's proper treatment. The diagnosis of brucellar infections can be made by culture, serological tests, and nucleic acid amplification assays. Modern automated blood culture systems enable detection of acute cases of brucellosis within the routine 5- to 7-day incubation protocol employed in clinical microbiology laboratories, although a longer incubation and performance of blind subcultures may be needed for protracted cases. Serological tests, though they lack specificity and provide results that may be difficult to interpret in individuals repeatedly exposed to

Indexed as

BrucellaBrucellosisClinical Laboratory TechniquesHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesSerologic Testsculturediagnosishuman brucellosisnucleic acid amplification methodsserological tests

Identifiers

PMID31722888
PMCPMC6860005
OpenAlexW2984647559

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