Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34741254›Full record

ArticleIndian journal of pediatrics2022

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leucine-Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein (LRG) Levels in Children with Acute Bacterial Meningitis.

Kushal Talukder, Rajniti Prasad, Abhisek Abhinay, Ankur Singh, Ragini Srivastava, Om P Mishra, Tej Bali Singh

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kushal TalukderDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Rajniti PrasadDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India. rajnitip@gmail.com.
Abhisek AbhinayDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Ankur SinghDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Ragini SrivastavaDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Om P MishraDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Tej Bali SinghDivision of Biostatistics, Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the diagnostic role of cerebrospinal fluid leucine-rich alpha-2 glycoprotein (CSF LRG) concentration in children with acute bacterial meningitis, and its role in differentiation from aseptic meningitis. CSF LRG concentration was measured by ELISA Kit of 50 children with bacterial meningitis, 16 aseptic meningitis, and 20 children with normal CSF; control. CSF LRG was significantly elevated (p < 0.001) in bacterial meningitis with a sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of 96%, 100%, 100%, and 90.9%, respectively at a cutoff of 110.0 ng/mL, based on ROC curve. At the same cutoff value, CSF LRG has sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of 96%, 75%, 92.3%, and 85.7%, respectively in differentiating bacterial from aseptic meningitis. However, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV at 139.9 ng/mL for differentiating between definite and probable bacterial meningitis were 88%, 75%, 79.1%, and 84.9%, respectively. CSF LRG should be used as a diagnostic biomarker for bacterial meningitis.

Indexed as

Meningitis, AsepticMeningitis, BacterialBiomarkersCerebrospinal FluidChildGlycoproteinsHumansLeucineBiomarkersGlycoproteinsLeucineAseptic meningitisBacterial meningitisCerebrospinal fluid (CSF)Leucine-rich alpha-2 glycoprotein (LRG)

Identifiers

PMID34741254
OpenAlexW3208942675

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.