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ArticlePathogens & immunity2019

Environmental Contamination with

Jessica Kumar, Brandon Eilertson, Jennifer L Cadnum, Chauna S Whitlow, Annette L Jencson, Nasia Safdar, Sarah L Krein, Windy D Tanner, JeanMarie Mayer, Matthew H Samore and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pathogens & immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

11 authors.

Jessica KumarGeriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical; Cleveland, Ohio.
Brandon EilertsonSUNY Downstate Medical Center; Brooklyn, New York.
Jennifer L CadnumResearch Service; Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Cleveland, Ohio.
Chauna S WhitlowPathology and Laboratory Medicine Service; Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Cleveland, Ohio.
Annette L JencsonResearch Service; Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Cleveland, Ohio.
Nasia SafdarInfectious Disease Division; University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health; Madison, Wisconsin.
Sarah L KreinVA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Windy D TannerUniversity of Utah School of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology; Salt Lake City, Utah.
JeanMarie MayerUniversity of Utah School of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Matthew H SamoreUniversity of Utah School of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Curtis J DonskeyGeriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical; Cleveland, Ohio.

Funding

HSRD VA IK6 HX003399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEnvironmental sources have been implicated as a potential source for exogenous acquisition of

methodsDuring a 6-month period, cultures for

results

conclusion

Indexed as

Candida aurisCandida speciesenvironmental contaminationfloor and sink drain disinfectioninfection control

Identifiers

PMID31768483
PMCPMC6827507

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