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ArticleThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2021

Need for caution when interpreting Xpert

W Murithi, E S Click, K D McCarthy, E Okeyo, R Sitati, I Anyango, A Okumu, W Mchembere, R Song, K Cain

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Article in The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 50% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Oral Swab Specimens Tested With Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Assay for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

W MurithiCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
E S ClickU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA USA.
K D McCarthyCDC, Kisumu, Kenya.
E OkeyoCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
R SitatiCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
I AnyangoCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
A OkumuCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
W MchembereCenter for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
R SongDivision of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children´s Hospital, Boston, MA, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
K CainCDC, Kisumu, Kenya.
Kenya Medical Research Institute · KECenters for Disease Control and Prevention · KEBoston Children's Hospital · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

Improving TB Diagnosis in Children with and without HIV in KenyaK23HD072802 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SONG, RINN · 2012 to 2016
$672k
Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD072802PEPFAR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antibiotics, AntitubercularMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryChildDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRifampinSensitivity and SpecificityAntibiotics, AntitubercularRifampin

Identifiers

PMID34686233
PMCPMC11587784
OpenAlexW3206403078

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Registered trials

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