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ArticleGerms2022

Prevalence of

Soroush Borji, Mosayeb Rostamian, Sepide Kadivarian, Sara Kooti, Shirin Dashtbin, Somayeh Hosseinabadi, Ramin Abiri, Amirhooshang Alvandi

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In one paragraph

Article in Germs, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soroush BorjiMSc, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mosayeb RostamianPhD, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Sepide KadivarianMSc, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Sara KootiPhD, Student Research Committee, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Shirin DashtbinPhD, Student Research Committee and Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Hemmat Highway, Tehran, Iran.
Somayeh HosseinabadiMSc, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Ramin AbiriPhD, Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Research Institute for Health Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, University street, Kermanshah, Iran.
Amirhooshang AlvandiPhD, Medical Technology Research Center, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Postal Code: 6714415333, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Worldwide, Methods: Four main databases, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Scopus, were searched using the keywords Results: A total of 11 eligible articles published between 2012 and 2021 were included. The overall pooled prevalence of Conclusions: In conclusion, hospitals' medical devices and environmental surfaces are considered a crucial source of

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficilehealthcare environmentmeta-analysisprevalence

Identifiers

PMID37680683
PMCPMC10482474
OpenAlexW4386530334

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Registered trials

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