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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Methicillin-Resistant

Ramzy B Anafo, Yacoba Atiase, Nicholas T K D Dayie, Fleischer C N Kotey, Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo, Samuel Duodu, Mary-Magdalene Osei, Khalid J Alzahrani, Eric S Donkor

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ramzy B AnafoDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-8179-330X
Yacoba AtiaseDepartment of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.
Nicholas T K D DayieDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4491-6902
Fleischer C N KoteyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-0286-3638
Patience B Tetteh-QuarcooDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.
Samuel DuoduDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra P.O. Box LG 54, Ghana.
Mary-Magdalene OseiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.
Khalid J AlzahraniDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif P.O. Box 11099, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6688-0106
Eric S DonkorDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra P.O. Box KB 4236, Ghana.
University of Ghana · GHTaif University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study investigated the spectrum of bacteria infecting the ulcers of individuals with diabetes at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, focusing on METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted at The Ulcer Clinic, Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, involving 100 diabetic foot ulcer patients. The ulcer of each study participant was swabbed and cultured bacteriologically, following standard procedures. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done for all

resultsIn total, 96% of the participants had their ulcers infected-32.3% (

conclusionsThe prevalence of

Indexed as

diabetic foot ulcerinfectionMRSAmultidrug-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID34451401
PMCPMC8398970
OpenAlexW3184253636

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