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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2023

Universal PCR for bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi: a 10-year retrospective review of clinical indications and patient outcomes.

Jeffrey Kubiak, Alexandra Morgan, Andrea Kirmaier, Ramy Arnaout, Stefan Riedel

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

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emerging point-of-care technologies for bacterial pathogen detection.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2026
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  3. Advances in the detection of Drug-Resistant bacteria: current trends and innovations.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey KubiakDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0124-7545
Alexandra MorganDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Andrea KirmaierDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7206-7640
Ramy ArnaoutDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6955-9310
Stefan RiedelDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0573-4957
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceOur work provides a retrospective analysis of universal PCR orders for bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi across our institution across a 10-year period. We assessed the positivity rates for this diagnostic tool by test type and specimen type and, critically, studied whether and how the results influenced the outcomes from treatment change, to readmission, to death.

Indexed as

FungiMycobacteriumHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective Studieslaboratory utilizationmolecular diagnosticsoutcomesuniversal PCR

Identifiers

PMID38014970
PMCPMC10729690
OpenAlexW4389098455

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