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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2018

Monica Birkhead, Serisha D Naicker, Nozuko P Blasich, Ivy Rukasha, Juno Thomas, Charlotte Sriruttan, Shareef Abrahams, Grisselda S Mavuso, Nelesh P Govender

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Monica BirkheadNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. monicab@nicd.ac.za.
Serisha D NaickerNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. serishan@nicd.ac.za.
Nozuko P BlasichNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. nozukob@nicd.ac.za.
Ivy RukashaNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. ivyr@nicd.ac.za.
Juno ThomasNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. junot@nicd.ac.za.
Charlotte SriruttanNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. CharlotteS@nicd.ac.za.
Shareef AbrahamsNational Health Laboratory Service, Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, Cnr Buckingham & Eastbourne Road, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa. Shareef.Abrahams@nhls.ac.za.
Grisselda S MavusoNational Health Laboratory Service, Tambo Memorial Hospital, Cnr Hospital & Railway Street, Boksburg 1459, South Africa. grisselda.mavuso@nhls.ac.za.
Nelesh P GovenderNational Institute for Communicable Diseases-a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham 2192, South Africa. neleshg@nicd.ac.za.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two cases of cryptococcal meningitis went undetected by a cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay on blood in a reflex CrAg screen-and-treat programme in South Africa, although

Indexed as

capsuleCryptococcus neoformanslateral flow assaymolecular characterisationtransmission electron microscopy

Identifiers

PMID30577542
PMCPMC6473520

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