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ArticleSouthern African journal of infectious diseases2024

Non-toxigenic

Tamsin Lovelock, Mignon du Plessis, Clinton van der Westhuizen, Jacques T Janson, Charlene Lawrence, Arifa Parker, Alfonso Pecoraro, Hans Prozesky, Anne von Gottberg, Jantjie Taljaard

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Article in Southern African journal of infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fulminant infective endocarditis with toxin-negativeEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Tamsin LovelockDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-1646
Mignon du PlessisCentre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9186-0679
Clinton van der WesthuizenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Tygerberg Hospital, National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4529-2879
Jacques T JansonDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital/Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6029-9487
Charlene LawrenceWestern Cape Government, Department of Health and Wellness, Emergency and Clinical Services Support, Service Priorities Coordination, Communicable Disease Control and Outbreak Response, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-5187
Arifa ParkerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2005-698X
Alfonso PecoraroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6549-9402
Hans ProzeskyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9715-3449
Anne von GottbergCentre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0243-7455
Jantjie TaljaardDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5210-9054
Stellenbosch University · ZANational Health Laboratory Service · ZANational Institute for Communicable DiseasesRespiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit · ZATygerberg Hospital · ZAWestern Cape Department of Health · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Classical toxin-mediated respiratory diphtheria has become less common because of widespread effective vaccination globally but invasive disease as a result of non-toxigenic strains of Objectives: To describe the outbreak and subsequent investigation of a cluster of five cases of non-toxigenic Method: A retrospective observational case series of five cases of non-toxigenic Results: Non-toxigenic Conclusion: Non-toxigenic strains of Contribution: This is the largest cluster of non-toxigenic

Indexed as

infective endocarditisnon-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriaeoutbreak

Identifiers

PMID38444885
PMCPMC10913159
OpenAlexW4392050760

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Registered trials

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