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ArticleAAS open research2019

Multiple microbiologic tests for tuberculosis improve diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in medically complex patients.

Dilshaad Fakey Khan, Moosa Suleman, Prinita Baijnath, Rubeshan Perumal, Vedanthi Moodley, Zoey Mhlane, Taryn Naidoo, Thumbi Ndung'u, Emily B Wong

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Article in AAS open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Dilshaad Fakey KhanDepartment of Pulmonology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KZN, 4000, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-792X
Moosa SulemanDepartment of Pulmonology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KZN, 4000, South Africa.
Prinita BaijnathDepartment of Pulmonology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KZN, 4000, South Africa.
Rubeshan PerumalDepartment of Pulmonology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KZN, 4000, South Africa.
Vedanthi MoodleyDepartment of Pulmonology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KZN, 4000, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-505X
Zoey MhlaneAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Taryn NaidooAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Thumbi Ndung'uAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Emily B WongAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-5380
R. K. Khan Hospital · ZAAfrica Health Research Institute · ZACentre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa · ZAMassachusetts General Hospital · USRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

Studies of Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells in people with HIV, TB and HIV/TB co-infection in South AfricaK08AI118538 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WONG, EMILY BETH · 2015 to 2019
$950k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI118538Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Bronchoalveolar lavageGeneXpertTB diagnosticXpert MTB/RIF

Identifiers

PMID32382702
PMCPMC7194149
OpenAlexW2962542782

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