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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2024

Frederick Ofosu-Appiah, Ezra E Acquah, Jibril Mohammed, Comfort Sakyi Addo, Bright Agbodzi, Dorcas A S Ofosu, Charles J Myers, Quaneeta Mohktar, Opoku-Ware Ampomah, Anthony Ablordey and 1 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frederick Ofosu-Appiah *West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Ezra E Acquah *Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Jibril MohammedDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Comfort Sakyi AddoDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Bright AgbodziDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Dorcas A S OfosuDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Charles J MyersDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Quaneeta MohktarDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Opoku-Ware AmpomahThe Burns Unit, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Anthony AblordeyDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Nana Ama AmissahDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-1373-8330
University of Ghana · GHKorle Bu Teaching Hospital · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spread of hypervirulent (hv) and carbapenem-/multidrug-resistant

Indexed as

Carbapenem-Resistant EnterobacteriaceaeKlebsiella InfectionsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansKlebsiella pneumoniaeMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPlasmidsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsblaNDM-1 geneburn woundshypervirulenceKlebsiella pneumoniaemobile genetic elementsmultidrug resistance

Identifiers

PMID38315028
PMCPMC10913492
OpenAlexW4391540884

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Registered trials

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