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ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2008

Cryptococcal meningitis manifesting as a large abdominal cyst in a HIV-infected patient with a CD4 count greater than 400 cells/mm(3).

Nancy Crum-Cianflone, April Truett, Mark R Wallace

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Article in AIDS patient care and STDs, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute ischemic stroke revealing cryptococcal meningitis in an HIV-infected patient with a relatively preserved CD4 count: a case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nancy Crum-CianfloneInfectious Disease Clinic, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134-1005, USA. nancy.crum@med.navy.mil
April Truett
Mark R Wallace
Naval Medical Center San Diego · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HU0001-05-2-0011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis usually occurs among HIV-positive patients with CD4 counts less than 100 cells/mm(3) and manifests as headaches, fevers, and mental status changes. We present an unusual case of cryptococcal meningitis in a 34-year-old HIV-positive man presenting as a large abdominal cyst at the ventriculoperitoneal shunt site despite receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for more than 5 years and having a CD4 count more than 400 cells/mm(3).

Indexed as

AbdomenAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCD4 Lymphocyte CountCryptococcus neoformansCystsHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMeningitis, CryptococcalVentriculoperitoneal Shunt

Identifiers

PMID18373418
PMCPMC2707923
OpenAlexW2064147725

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Registered trials

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