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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2023

Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark.

Henrik Nielsen, Merete Storgaard, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Lykke Larsen, Micha P G Jepsen, Birgitte R Hansen, Lothar Wiese, Jacob Bodilsen

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Group A Streptococcal meningitis in children: a short case series and systematic review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Henrik Nielsen
Merete Storgaard
Jannik Helweg-Larsen
Lykke Larsen
Micha P G Jepsen
Birgitte R Hansen
Lothar Wiese
Jacob Bodilsen
Nordsjællands Hospital · DKZealand University Hospital · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKHvidovre Hospital · DKOdense University Hospital · DKRigshospitalet · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a 21-fold increase in group A Streptococcus meningitis in adults in Denmark during October 13, 2022-April 12, 2023, concurrent with an outbreak of invasive streptococcal disease. We describe clinical characteristics of the outbreak cases and prognosis for patients in comparison to those for previous sporadic cases.

Indexed as

Meningitis, BacterialStreptococcal InfectionsAdultDenmarkDisease OutbreaksHumansStreptococcus pyogenesbacteriaDenmarkepidemiologygroup A Streptococcusmeningitis/encephalitis

Identifiers

PMID37478289
PMCPMC10461673
OpenAlexW4385064546

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