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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2020

An epidemic CC1-MRSA-IV clone yields false-negative test results in molecular MRSA identification assays: a note of caution, Austria, Germany, Ireland, 2020.

Stefan Monecke, Elisabeth König, Megan R Earls, Eva Leitner, Elke Müller, Gabriel E Wagner, David M Poitz, Lutz Jatzwauk, Teodora Vremerǎ, Olivia S Dorneanu and 9 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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

19 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.

Stefan MoneckeLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany.
Elisabeth KönigThese authors contributed equally.
Megan R EarlsThese authors contributed equally.
Eva LeitnerDiagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Elke MüllerLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany.
Gabriel E WagnerDiagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
David M PoitzInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus', Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Lutz JatzwaukDepartment of Hospital Infection Control, University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus', Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Teodora VremerǎMicrobiology Unit, Department of Preventive and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T Popa', Iaşi, Romania.
Olivia S DorneanuMicrobiology Unit, Department of Preventive and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T Popa', Iaşi, Romania.
Alexandra SimbeckDepartment of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Andreas AmbroschInstitute of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology and Hygiene, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital, Regensburg, Germany.
Ines Zollner-SchwetzSection of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Robert KrauseSection of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Werner RuppitschInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
Wulf Schneider-BrachertDepartment of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
David C ColemanMicrobiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Ivo SteinmetzDiagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Ralf EhrichtLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany.
Medical University of Graz · ATGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology · DETrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DEAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety · ATKrankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder · DESchiller International University · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated why a clinical meticillin-resistant

Indexed as

AustriaFalse Negative ReactionsFemaleGermanyHumansIrelandMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiddle AgedStaphylococcal InfectionsBD MAX, next generation sequencingCC1-MRSA-IVCepheid GenXpertcommercial PCRStaphylococciStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID32613938
PMCPMC7331142
OpenAlexW3037368408

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