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ArticlePathology2020

Use of a rapid faeces multiplex PCR assay for diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess.

Nicholas M Douglas, Robert W Baird, Bart J Currie

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Article in Pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 53% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas M DouglasDivision of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Microbiology, Territory Pathology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia. Electronic address: nicholas.douglas@gmail.com.
Robert W BairdDivision of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Microbiology, Territory Pathology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Bart J CurrieDivision of Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Royal Darwin Hospital · AUMenzies School of Health Research · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultEntamoeba histolyticaHumansLiverLiver Abscess, AmebicMaleMultiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

Identifiers

PMID32814622
PMCPMC7428710
OpenAlexW3049227015

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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