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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2024

Vaginitis and risk of sexually transmitted infections: results of a multi-center U.S. clinical study using STI nucleic acid amplification testing.

Jane R Schwebke, Paul Nyirjesy, Melissa Dsouza, Damon Getman

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jane R SchwebkeUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Paul NyirjesySidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Melissa DsouzaHologic, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Damon GetmanHologic, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3530-2837

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significant increases in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by IMPORTANCE: This study reports high rates for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in women seeking care for symptoms of vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis, revealing highly complex associations of STIs with two of the major causes of vaginal dysbiosis. These results underscore the importance of STI testing in women seeking care for abnormal vaginal discharge and inflammation.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesSexually Transmitted DiseasesAdolescentAdultCandidiasis, VulvovaginalChlamydia trachomatisFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsNeisseria gonorrhoeaePrevalenceTrichomonas vaginalisUnited StatesVaginitisAmsel criteriabacterial vaginosisMycoplasma genitaliumNugent scoresexually transmitted infectionTrichomonas vaginalisvulvovaginal candidiasis

Identifiers

PMID39140739
PMCPMC11389145

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