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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2021

Multicenter Evaluation of the Unyvero Platform for Testing Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid.

Matthias Klein, Johannes Bacher, Sandra Barth, Faranak Atrzadeh, Katja Siebenhaller, Inês Ferreira, Stephan Beisken, Andreas E Posch, Karen C Carroll, Richard G Wunderink and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Rapid testing with molecular syndromic panels of patients presenting at the emergency department with pneumonia at risk for multidrug-resistant pathogens.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias KleinCuretis GmbH, Holzgerlingen, Germany.
Johannes BacherCuretis GmbH, Holzgerlingen, Germany.
Sandra BarthCuretis GmbH, Holzgerlingen, Germany.
Faranak AtrzadehOpGen, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Katja SiebenhallerCuretis GmbH, Holzgerlingen, Germany.
Inês FerreiraAres Genetics GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Stephan BeiskenAres Genetics GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Andreas E PoschAres Genetics GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Karen C CarrollThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Richard G WunderinkDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chao QiClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fann WuColumbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Dwight J HardyUniversity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Robin PatelDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-4141
Matthew D SimsBeaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Section of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA matthew.sims@beaumont.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4427-6653
Curetis (Germany) · DENorthwestern University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USJohns Hopkins University · USMayo Clinic · USOakland University · USOpGen (United States) · USUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

Technology CoreU19AI135964 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LUIS A. Nunes AMARAL · 2018 to 2026
$24.7M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) culture is a standard, though time-consuming, approach for identifying microorganisms in patients with severe lower respiratory tract (LRT) infections. The sensitivity of BAL culture is relatively low, and prior antimicrobial therapy decreases the sensitivity further, leading to overuse of empirical antibiotics. The Unyvero LRT BAL Application (Curetis GmbH, Germany) is a multiplex molecular panel that detects 19 bacteria, 10 antibiotic resistance markers, and a fungus,

Indexed as

Multiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionPneumonia, BacterialBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDrug Resistance, MicrobialGermanyHumansSensitivity and SpecificityBALmolecular diagnosticsmultiplex PCRpneumonia

Identifiers

PMID33328178
PMCPMC8106704
OpenAlexW3111589643

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