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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2025

Christopher V Radcliffe, Melis N Anahtar, Elizabeth L Hohmann, Sarah E Turbett, Caitlin M Dugdale, Molly L Paras

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 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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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Application and Challenges of Using ProbioticDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

6 authors.

Christopher V RadcliffeDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8352-1482
Melis N AnahtarDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0309-368X
Elizabeth L HohmannDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sarah E TurbettDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-8110
Caitlin M DugdaleDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-6111
Molly L ParasDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6658-8634

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Lactobacilli are gastrointestinal commensals and may represent skin contamination when isolated in blood cultures. Although uncommon, Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with Results: We identified 331 patients with blood and/or endovascular cultures positive for Conclusions: Nearly 1 in 3 patients with

Indexed as

bacteremiaendocarditisimmunocompromisedLactobacillus

Identifiers

PMID40852136
PMCPMC12368416

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