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ArticleJournal of infection prevention2021

An evaluation of toxigenic

Christopher A Okeahialam, Ali A Rabaan, Albert Bolhuis

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Article in Journal of infection prevention, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 61% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Christopher A OkeahialamInfection Prevention and Control, Fraser Health Authority, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-2168
Ali A RabaanMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Arabia.
Albert BolhuisDepartment of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, UK.
Fraser Health · CASaudi Aramco Medical Services Organization · SAUniversity of Bath · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAntimicrobial stewardship has been associated with a reduction in the incidence of healthcare-associated AIM/

objectiveTo examine the impact of antimicrobial stewardship on the rate of toxigenic

methodsA 12-year retrospective review of laboratory data was conducted to compare the rates of toxigenic

resultThere was a significant decline in the rate of toxigenic DISCUSSION: The rate of toxigenic

Indexed as

Antimicrobial resistanceClostridium difficileHealthcare-associated infectionsnosocomial infection

Identifiers

PMID34659461
PMCPMC8512878
OpenAlexW3135479165

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