Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34141820›Full record

ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2021

Evidence of False Positivity for

Marijke Decuir, Randal C Fowler, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Kirk Smith, David Boxrud, Carlota Medus

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Tri-layer microbiology for LMIC Hospitals: linking syndromic panels with reflex culture and targeted sequencing for real world care - a narrative review.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marijke DecuirFoodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Randal C FowlerLaboratory Leadership Service, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Elizabeth CebelinskiPublic Health Laboratory, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Kirk SmithFoodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
David BoxrudPublic Health Laboratory, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Carlota MedusFoodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Minnesota Department of Health · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

NCEZID CDC HHS U50 CK000371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSyndromic gastrointestinal multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels (GMPPs) are used by an increasing number of clinical laboratories to identify enteric pathogens.

methodsAll

resultsOverall, 47% of cases had

conclusionsThe combined findings indicate that cases identified by GMPP that did not have culture confirmation were less likely to include symptoms or exposures consistent with vibriosis. These findings emphasize the need for improvements to testing platform specificity and the importance of combining clinical and exposure information when diagnosing an infection. This study underscores the importance of maintaining the ability to culture

Indexed as

CIDTgastrointestinal illnessmultiplex PCR panelpublic healthvibriosis

Identifiers

PMID34141820
PMCPMC8204891
OpenAlexW3163685092

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.