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ReviewIJID regions2024

Incorporating direct molecular diagnostics in management algorithms for nontuberculous mycobacteria: Is it high time?

Christoffel Johannes Opperman, Sarishna Singh, Wynand Goosen, Helen Cox, Rob Warren, Aliasgar Esmail

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Review in IJID regions, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2025
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  8. Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Christoffel Johannes OppermanNational Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sarishna SinghNational Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa.
Wynand GoosenSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Helen CoxDivision of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rob WarrenSAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Aliasgar EsmailUCT Lung Institute, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, & Groote Schuur Hospital.
National Health Laboratory Service · ZASouth African Medical Research Council · ZAGroote Schuur Hospital · ZAWellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa · ZA

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of acid-fast mycobacteria other than

Indexed as

CultureGuidelineMolecular techniqueMycobacteria-other-than-tuberculosisNontuberculous mycobacteriumPulmonary

Identifiers

PMID38304760
PMCPMC10831244
OpenAlexW4389670576

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Registered trials

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