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ArticleAfrican journal of laboratory medicine2019

Resazurin microtitre plate assay and Sensititre® MycoTB for detection of

Prenika Jaglal, Melendhran Pillay, Koleka Mlisana

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Article in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prenika JaglalDepartment of Medical Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Services, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-049X
Melendhran PillayDepartment of Medical Microbiology/Virology, National Health Laboratory Service, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5570-1010
Koleka MlisanaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Services, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-3268
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRapid diagnosis of drug-resistant

objectivesThis study aimed to determine the performance of the Sensititre and REMA for

methodsA laboratory-based study was performed at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital Tuberculosis Laboratory from January 2014 to June 2015. The Sensititre

resultsAgreement between the Sensititre

conclusionThe REMA and Sensititre

Indexed as

agar proportion methodextensively drug-resistant tuberculosismultidrug-resistant tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisresazurin microtitre plate assaySensititre® MycoTB assay

Identifiers

PMID31956551
PMCPMC6956686
OpenAlexW3013532813

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