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ArticleThe Lancet. Microbe2020

Co-infections: potentially lethal and unexplored in COVID-19.

Michael J Cox, Nicholas Loman, Debby Bogaert, Justin O'Grady

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In one paragraph

Article in The Lancet. Microbe, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 209 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
209citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

209 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 403 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2020
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149 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J CoxInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Nicholas LomanInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Debby BogaertCentre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Justin O'GradyQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, UK.
University of Birmingham · GBCentre for Inflammation Research · GBQuadram Institute · GB

Funding

Department of Health RP-PG-0514-20018Medical Research Council MR/J014370/1Medical Research Council MR/M501621/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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CoinfectionCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32835323
PMCPMC7195315
OpenAlexW3017855104

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