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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates and Epidemiology of

Lorinda M Wright, Andrew M Skinner, Adam Cheknis, Conor McBurney, Ling Ge, Susan M Pacheco, David Leehey, Dale N Gerding, Stuart Johnson

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Observational
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  3. Global burden and trends of theAnnals of medicine · 2025
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  4. Screening and targeted prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2025
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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. Retrospective Analysis ofJournal of clinical medicine · 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lorinda M WrightEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-5355-3959
Andrew M SkinnerEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9452-9316
Adam CheknisEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Conor McBurneyEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Ling GeEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Susan M PachecoEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
David LeeheyEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Dale N GerdingEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Stuart JohnsonEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, 5000 S. 5th Ave., Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital · USLoyola University Chicago · US

Funding

Epidemiological and Genomic Characteristics of the Widely Disseminated C. difficile Strain, REA Group YIK2BX005609 · VA · VA SALT LAKE CITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI Andrew Michael Skinner · 2023 to 2026
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BLRD VA IK2 BX005609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in some healthcare-associated infections. We investigated the impact of the pandemic on the rates and molecular epidemiology of

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID37508255
PMCPMC10376799
OpenAlexW4383554033

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