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ReviewPLoS pathogens2020

Mycobacterium simiae: Harmless colonizer or deadly pathogen?

Jean-Francois Jabbour, Amal Hamieh, Sima L Sharara, Souha S Kanj

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Review in PLoS pathogens, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genomic Characterization and Taxonomic Classification ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Treatment outcomes of Mycobacterium simiae pulmonary disease: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  8. DisseminatedBMJ case reports · 2021
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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

4 authors.

Jean-Francois JabbourDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-0214-8290
Amal HamiehDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Al Rassoul Al Azam Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Sima L ShararaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-9404-0454
Souha S KanjDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-6413-3396

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntitubercular AgentsHumansMycobacteriumMycobacterium InfectionsAntitubercular Agents

Identifiers

PMID32353074
PMCPMC7192373

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Registered trials

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