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ReviewWellcome open research2020

Decision-making in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.

Tom H Boyles, Lutgarde Lynen, James A Seddon, Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium

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Review in Wellcome open research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Clinical utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in diagnosing spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  2. Diagnostic Accuracy ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

4 authors.

Tom H BoylesANOVA Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5676-8081
Lutgarde LynenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-4895
James A SeddonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-2302
Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R007942/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most devastating form of tuberculosis (TB) but diagnosis is difficult and delays in initiating therapy increase mortality. All currently available tests are imperfect; culture of

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Tuberculosis Meningitis Diagnosis Threshold Decision

Identifiers

PMID32964134
PMCPMC7490569

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