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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Evaluation of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in Diagnostic and Environmental Surveillance of

Maria Rosaria Pascale, Marta Mazzotta, Silvano Salaris, Luna Girolamini, Antonella Grottola, Maria Luisa Simone, Miriam Cordovana, Francesco Bisognin, Paola Dal Monte, Maria Antonietta Bucci Sabattini and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 38 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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Rosaria PascaleDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Marta MazzottaDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Silvano SalarisDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Luna GirolaminiDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Antonella GrottolaRegional Reference Laboratory for Clinical Diagnosis of Legionellosis, Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Modena University Hospital, Modena, Italy.
Maria Luisa SimoneDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Miriam CordovanaMicrobiology Unit-Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Francesco BisogninMicrobiology Unit-Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Paola Dal MonteMicrobiology Unit-Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Maria Antonietta Bucci SabattiniRegional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy.
Mariagabriella ViggianiRegional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy.
Sandra CristinoDepartment of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITAgenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente della Regione Emilia-Romagna · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

agglutination testLegionella identificationLegionella non-pneumophila speciesMALDI Biotyper systemMALDI-TOF MSmip-gene sequencing

Identifiers

PMID33384668
PMCPMC7771186
OpenAlexW3117369452

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