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ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2023

A cluster investigation of

April N McDougal, Mary Ann DeMaet, Bobbiejean Garcia, Teresa York, Thomas Iverson, Olugbenga Ojo, Janak Patel

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multicenter performance evaluation of the SimplexaJournal of clinical microbiology · 2026
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  2. Surface-associatedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  3. Current Overview of Environmental Disinfection and Decolonization ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025
    Review
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

April N McDougalDepartment of Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1581-5793
Mary Ann DeMaetDepartment of Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Bobbiejean GarciaHealthcare Safety Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, USA.
Teresa YorkDepartment of Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Thomas IversonUtah Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Olugbenga OjoDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Janak PatelDepartment of Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USTexas A&M University at Galveston · USTexas Department of State Health Services · USUtah Department of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Investigate and mitigate a cluster of Design: Outbreak investigation. Setting: Inpatient prison hospital affiliated with an academic tertiary referral center. Patients: Inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Methods: Epidemiologic and environmental investigations were conducted including contact tracing, point prevalence surveys, and environmental sampling. Whole genome sequencing was performed on positive patient isolates. Results: Following a clinical case of Conclusions: Implementation of an aggressive surveillance and decontamination program resulted in mitigation of a

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PMID38156225
PMCPMC10753478
OpenAlexW4389938731

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