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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2021

Approach to the diagnosis and treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Kelly M Pennington, Ann Vu, Douglas Challener, Christina G Rivera, F N U Shweta, John D Zeuli, Zelalem Temesgen

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
99citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 139 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelly M PenningtonDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
Ann VuDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
Douglas ChallenerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
Christina G RiveraDepartment of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
F N U ShwetaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
John D ZeuliDepartment of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
Zelalem TemesgenDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is a collective name given to a group of more than 190 species of

Indexed as

ADR, adverse drug reactionsAFB, acid fast bacilliAST, antimicrobial-susceptibility testingATS, American Thoracic SocietyBCG, Bacille Calmette-GuerinCLSI, Clinical and Laboratory Standards InstituteCOPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseECG, electrocardiogramEMB, ethambutolErm, erythromycin ribosomal methylaseFDA, Food and Drug AdministrationHIV, human immunodeficiency virusHRCT, high resolution computed tomographyIDSA, Infectious Disease Society of AmericaINF-γ, interferon- γINH, isoniazidMAC, Mycobacterium avium complexMALDI-TOF, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometryMGIT, mycobacteria growth indicator tubeMIC, minimum inhibitory concentrationsMycobacterium abscessusMycobacterium aviumNon-tuberculous mycobacteriaNTM, non-tuberculous mycobacteriaPCR, polymerase chain reactionPFT, pulmonary function testTB, tuberculosisTDM, therapeutic drug monitoring

Identifiers

PMID34036184
PMCPMC8135042
OpenAlexW3162212249

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