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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2020

Detection and Characterization of Diphtheria Toxin Gene-Bearing

Margaret M Williams, Jessica L Waller, Janessa S Aneke, Michael R Weigand, Maureen H Diaz, Katherine E Bowden, Ashley K Simon, Yanhui Peng, Lingzi Xiaoli, Pamela K Cassiday and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret M WilliamsPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA mwilliams7@cdc.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-3168-1286
Jessica L WallerRespiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Janessa S AnekeIHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Michael R WeigandPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Maureen H DiazRespiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Katherine E BowdenPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Ashley K SimonPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Yanhui PengPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Lingzi XiaoliIHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Pamela K CassidayPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jonas WinchellRespiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
M Lucia TondellaPertussis and Diphtheria Laboratory, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory diphtheria, characterized by a firmly adherent pseudomembrane, is caused by toxin-producing strains of

Indexed as

Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaCorynebacteriumDiphtheria ToxinHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionDiphtheria ToxinCorynebacteriumdiphtheriadiphtheriaediphtheria toxinreal-time PCRulcerans

Identifiers

PMID32727830
PMCPMC7512153
OpenAlexW3046842481

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