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ArticleCureus2023

A Rare Case of Polymerase Chain Reaction-Negative Severe Clostridioides difficile Infection.

Charity C Iheagwara, Carlos Cantu Lopez, Onyinye N Otaluka, Byron Okwesili, Vadim Belinski, Ala Muhanna, Bereket Tewoldemedhin, Jihad Slim, Maria Szabela, Jack Boghossian and 1 more

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control.Nature reviews. 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Charity C IheagwaraInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Carlos Cantu LopezInternal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Onyinye N OtalukaInternal Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, NGA.
Byron OkwesiliGastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Vadim BelinskiInternal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Ala MuhannaInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Bereket TewoldemedhinInternal Medicine, Suburban Community Hospital (Lower Bucks Hospital), Bristol, USA.
Jihad SlimInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Maria SzabelaInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Jack BoghossianInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Yatinder BainsGastroenterology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
George Washington University · USUniversity of Nigeria · NGSaint Michael's Medical Center · USSuburban Community Hospital · USHoward University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurately diagnosing

Indexed as

cdic. diffc. difficile colitisclostridioides difficile infectiondiarrheapseudomembranous colitis

Identifiers

PMID38213357
PMCPMC10783886
OpenAlexW4389608344

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Registered trials

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