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ArticleThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2022

Diagnosis of paediatric TB using Xpert

I Sabi, W Olomi, E Nkereuwem, T Togun, M P Gomez, M Sylla, B Diarra, M Sanogo, E Sichone, H Mahiga and 7 more

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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, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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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

17 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

I SabiNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania, Center for International Health, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Germany.
W OlomiNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania.
E NkereuwemVaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
T TogunVaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
M P GomezVaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
M SyllaPaediatrics Department, University Teaching Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali.
B DiarraUniversity Clinical Research Centre, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
M SanogoUniversity Clinical Research Centre, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
E SichoneNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania.
H MahigaNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania.
F NjelekaNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania.
A O EbonyiDepartment of Paediatrics, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
U EgereDepartment of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
N E NtinginyaNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya, Tanzania.
M HoelscherCenter for International Health, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany.
N HeinrichCenter for International Health, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany.
B KampmannVaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
National Institute for Medical Research · TZMRC Unit the Gambia · GMLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako · MLJos University Teaching Hospital · NGLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Bamako · ML

Funding

Medical Research Council EC_EX_MR/P024270/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryChildChild, PreschoolDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansRifampinSensitivity and SpecificitySputumRifampin

Identifiers

PMID35996291
PMCPMC9423021
OpenAlexW4293252919

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