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ArticleAccess microbiology2019

Shiga toxin-producing

Anthony M Smith, Nomsa P Tau, Bosco J Kalule, Mark P Nicol, Mignon McCulloch, Charlene A Jacobs, Kerrigan M McCarthy, Arshad Ismail, Mushal Allam, Jackie Kleynhans

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Article in Access microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

8 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anthony M SmithCentre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3637-7155
Nomsa P TauCentre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bosco J KaluleDivision of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3409-4327
Mark P NicolDivision of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-4805
Mignon McCullochRed Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-4785
Charlene A JacobsCommunicable Disease Control, Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kerrigan M McCarthyDivision of Public Health Surveillance and Response, NICD, NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-9795
Arshad IsmailSequencing Core Facility, NICD, NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-5915
Mushal AllamSequencing Core Facility, NICD, NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jackie KleynhansSouth African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, NICD, NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-6273
University of Cape Town · ZANational Health Laboratory Service · ZAWestern Cape Department of Health · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionShiga toxin-producing METHODOLOGY: All case-patients were female and aged 5 years and under. Standard microbiological tests were performed for culture and identification of STEC from specimens (human stool and food samples). Further analysis of genomic DNA extracted from bacterial cultures and specimens included PCR for specific virulence genes, whole-genome sequencing and shotgun metagenomic sequencing.

resultsFor 2/4 cases, stool specimens revealed STEC O26:H11 containing

conclusionSince STEC infection does not always lead to severe symptoms, it is possible that many more cases were associated with this cluster and largely went unrecognized.

Indexed as

Africabiltongclusterdried meatdroëworsdry meatE. coliEHECgenomehaemolytic uraemic syndromeHUSO26O26:H11outbreakShiga toxinShiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliSouth AfricaSTECWGSwhole-genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID32974561
PMCPMC7472548
OpenAlexW2972527486

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