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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Unraveling Pediatric Group A Streptococcus Meningitis: Lessons from Two Case Reports and a Systematic Review.

Lavinia Di Meglio, Maia De Luca, Laura Cursi, Lorenza Romani, Mara Pisani, Anna Maria Musolino, Stefania Mercadante, Venere Cortazzo, Gianluca Vrenna, Paola Bernaschi and 2 more

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 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

12 authors.

Lavinia Di MeglioSchool of Pediatrics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Maia De LucaInfectious Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7549-3514
Laura CursiInfectious Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Lorenza RomaniInfectious Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4195-6626
Mara PisaniHospital University Pediatrics Clinical Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Anna Maria MusolinoHospital University Pediatrics Clinical Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Stefania MercadanteInfectious Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Venere CortazzoUnit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7129-9001
Gianluca VrennaUnit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Paola BernaschiUnit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Roberto BianchiAnaesthesia, Emergency and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Laura LancellaInfectious Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

childrenGASgroup A streptococcusmeningitispediatricsStreptococcus pyogenes

Identifiers

PMID40431273
PMCPMC12114509

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