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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2023

An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised People: A Report of the Fungal PCR Initiative (FPCRI)-An ISHAM Working Group.

Mario Cruciani, P Lewis White, Rosemary A Barnes, Juergen Loeffler, J Peter Donnelly, Thomas R Rogers, Werner J Heinz, Adilia Warris, Charles Oliver Morton, Martina Lengerova and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of fungi (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, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 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

13 authors at 11 institutions in 7 countries.

Mario CrucianiFungal PCR Initiative (FPCRI), 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1641-7367
P Lewis WhitePublic Health Wales, Microbiology Cardiff, UK and Centre for Trials Research, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3056-4205
Rosemary A BarnesSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
Juergen LoefflerDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.
J Peter DonnellyEuropean Aspergillus PCR Initiative, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8521-335X
Thomas R RogersDiscipline of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital Campus, LS9 7TF Dublin, Ireland.
Werner J HeinzMedicine Clinic II, Caritas Hospital Bad Mergentheim, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7833-9202
Adilia WarrisMRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6586-3358
Charles Oliver MortonSchool of Science, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown Campus, Campbelltown, NSW 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1702-0545
Martina LengerovaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 60177 Brno, Czech Republic.
Lena KlingsporDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8259-3556
Boualem SendidInserm U1285, CNRS UMR 8576, UGSF, CHU Lille, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1577-7325
Deborah E A LockhartInstitute of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK.
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AUCardiff University · GBCaritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim · DECentral European Institute of Technology · CZCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRKarolinska Institutet · SEPublic Health Wales · GBTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V033417/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This overview of reviews (i.e., an umbrella review) is designed to reappraise the validity of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses related to the performance of

Indexed as

Aspergillus fumigatusdiagnosisinvasive aspergillosismeta-analysispolymerase chain reaction (PCR)systematic reviewumbrella review

Identifiers

PMID37888223
PMCPMC10607919
OpenAlexW4387060251

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Registered trials

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