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ArticleCureus2023

Clostridium difficile Infection Rates During the Pandemic in New York Capital Area: A Single-Center Study.

Spyridon Zouridis, Maheep Sangha, Paul Feustel, Seth Richter

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Clostridioides difficile infections caused by hypervirulent strains: a single-centre real-life study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  8. COVID-19 andAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Spyridon ZouridisMedicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.
Maheep SanghaGastroenterology and Hepatology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.
Paul FeustelNeuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Albany Medical College, Albany, USA.
Seth RichterGastroenterology and Hepatology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.
Albany Medical Center Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction

Indexed as

c. diff colitisclostridium difficle infectionclostridium dificlecoronavirus pandemiccovid 19

Identifiers

PMID37193428
PMCPMC10183223
OpenAlexW4365508558

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Registered trials

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