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| Title |
Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-26 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Henry M Wu, Soraia M Cordeiro, Brian H Harcourt, Maria da Gloria S Carvalho, Jailton Azevedo, Tainara Q Oliveira, Mariela C Leite, Katia Salgado, Mitermayer G Reis, Brian D Plikaytis, Thomas A Clark, Leonard W Mayer, Albert I Ko, Stacey W Martin, Joice N Reis |
| Abstract |
Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture is the diagnostic reference standard for bacterial meningitis, its sensitivity is limited, particularly when antibiotics were previously administered. CSF Gram staining and real-time PCR are theoretically less affected by antibiotics; however, it is difficult to evaluate these tests with an imperfect reference standard. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 18% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Panama | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 65% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 12% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 219 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Malawi | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 217 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 15% |
| Researcher | 27 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 49 | 22% |
| Unknown | 52 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 59 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 26 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 17 | 8% |
| Unknown | 61 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2023.
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#2,636,450
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#810
of 8,344 outputs
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#26,624
of 290,393 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#12
of 175 outputs
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