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Whole genome sequencing revealed high proportions of ST152 MRSA among clinical

Beverly Egyir, Christian Owusu-Nyantakyi, Alfred Bortey, Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi, Felicia Amoa Owusu, William Boateng, Hawawu Ahmed, Justice Kwesi Danso, Agnes Akosua Gyamaah Oclu, Quaneeta Mohktar and 19 more

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Article in mSphere, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Systematic review and meta-analysis ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025
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  6. Infection and immunity · 2025
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  9. Methicillin-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 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

29 authors.

Beverly EgyirDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-5032-8739
Christian Owusu-NyantakyiDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0009-0002-6285-0628
Alfred BorteyDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Grebstad Rabbi AmuasiDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Felicia Amoa OwusuDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
William BoatengDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Hawawu AhmedDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Justice Kwesi DansoDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Agnes Akosua Gyamaah OcluDepartment 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.
Georgina Tetteh-OclooEastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Ghana.
Harold AmegbletorSt. Martin de Porress Hospital, Eikwe, Ghana.
Kwabena FosuBolgatanga Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga, Ghana.
Francis Kwame Morgan Tetteh37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Solomon Asante-SefaSekondi Public Health Laboratory, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Takoradi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-8383-4910
Oliver Nangkuu DeberuTamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Kennedy Mensah OseiTamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Joana TwasamLekma Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Sarkodie KodomUniversity of Ghana Hospital, Legon, Ghana.
Esther GyinaeKorle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
James SampahSt. Patrick's Hospital, Ofinso, Ghana.
Nicholas Dzifa DayieDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, Ghana.
Noah Obeng-NkrumahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
William Addo Mills-PappoeClinical Laboratory Unit, Institutional Care Division-Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
Gifty BoatengPublic Health Reference Lab, Korle-Bu, Ghana.
Pernille NilssonResearch Group for Global Capacity Building, National Food Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics, FAO Reference Laboratory (FAO RL) for Antimicrobial Resistance, European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (EURL-AR), Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8049-8173
Harriet Affran BonfulDepartment of Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Bright AduDepartment of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-3622-2137
Rene S HendriksenResearch Group for Global Capacity Building, National Food Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics, FAO Reference Laboratory (FAO RL) for Antimicrobial Resistance, European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (EURL-AR), Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies in Ghana indicated low prevalence of methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsWhole Genome SequencingBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialExotoxinsGenome, BacterialGenotypeGhanaHospitalsHumansLeukocidinsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsExotoxinsLeukocidinsPanton-Valentine leukocidinVirulence FactorsAfricaST152 methicillin-resistant S. aureuswhole genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID39565128
PMCPMC11656792

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