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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Vera A Appiah, George A Pesewu, Fleischer C N Kotey, Alahaman Nana Boakye, Samuel Duodu, Edem M A Tette, Mame Y Nyarko, Eric S Donkor

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Prevalence and Clindamycin Resistance Profile ofInterdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2022
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  15. Methicillin-ResistantPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  16. Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Methicillin-ResistantInfectious disease reports · 2021
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  19. Methicillin-ResistantInfectious diseases · 2020
    Review
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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vera A AppiahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon P. O. Box LG 54, Accra, Ghana.
George A PesewuDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon P. O. Box LG 54, Accra, Ghana.
Fleischer C N KoteyFleRhoLife Research Consult, Teshie P. O. Box TS 853, Accra, Ghana.
Alahaman Nana BoakyeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon P. O. Box LG 54, Accra, Ghana.
Samuel DuoduWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Legon P. O. Box LG 54, Accra, Ghana.
Edem M A TetteDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P. O. Box 4236, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-8219-6980
Mame Y NyarkoPrincess Marie Louise Children's Hospital, Accra P. O. Box GP 122, Ghana.
Eric S DonkorDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P. O. Box 4236, Ghana.
University of Ghana · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate

Indexed as

AccraantibioticscolonizationMRSAS. aureus

Identifiers

PMID32354004
PMCPMC7280972
OpenAlexW3021596295

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Registered trials

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