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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2024

Vaginal community state types (CSTs) alter environmental cues and production of the

Carla S Maduta, John K McCormick, Karine Dufresne

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2024. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-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, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Virulence · 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carla S MadutaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
John K McCormickDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3742-7289
Karine DufresneDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9423-2037
Western University · CA

Funding

Canadian Government | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (IRSC) PJT-166050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Menstrual toxic shock syndrome (mTSS) is a rare but life-threatening disease associated with the use of high-absorbency tampons. The production of the

Indexed as

Bacterial ToxinsLactobacillusShock, SepticStaphylococcal InfectionsBacteriaCuesEnterotoxinsFemaleGlucoseHumansStaphylococcus aureusSuperantigensVaginaBacterial Toxinsenterotoxin F, StaphylococcalEnterotoxinsGlucoseSuperantigensGardnerella vaginalisglucoselactobacillimTSSStaphylococcus aureustoxic shock syndromeTSST-1vaginal microbiota

Identifiers

PMID38334326
PMCPMC10955855
OpenAlexW4391683596

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.