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ArticleOman journal of ophthalmology

Prevalence and determinants of methicillin-resistant

Ruhi A Khan, Anwar Ahmed, Anita Sapitan, Azza Maktabi, Sultan Al-Subaie, Rajiv Khandekar

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Article in Oman journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Methicillin-resistantOman journal of ophthalmology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruhi A KhanDepartment of Employee Health, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar AhmedDepartment of Research, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anita SapitanDepartment of Laboratory, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Azza MaktabiDepartment of Laboratory, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan Al-SubaieDepartment of Research, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rajiv KhandekarDepartment of Research, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of methicillin-sensitive

methodsThis retrospective study was conducted in 2019. Nasal and axillary swabs of health-care staff were used to determine carriers of MRSA. Bacteria were identified by culture and sensitivity tests. These isolates were grouped as antibiotic resistant, sensitive, and others not in the

resultsWe evaluated the carrier status of 430 staff. There were 110 (24.9%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 21.5, 29.7)

conclusionsThe high prevalence of MRSA and relatively easy treat MRSA carriers points at the need for universal screening for MRSA carriers among eye health staff.

Indexed as

Carrierhospital infectionmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusmethicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID34345142
PMCPMC8300282
OpenAlexW3174931120

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