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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

Severe systemic candidiasis following immunomodulation therapy in in vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer (IVF-ET).

Folasade Akhanoba, Jane MacDougall, Raj Mathur, Wassim Hassan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Case reports in women's health · 2022
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  3. BMJ case reports · 2022
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  4. The diagnostic performance of the beta-glucan assay in the detection of intra-amniotic infection with Candida species.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2019
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  5. Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Folasade AkhanobaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Jane MacDougall
Raj Mathur
Wassim Hassan
Addenbrooke's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 41-year-old nulliparous woman, with a medical history of unexplained infertility and multiple in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles with immunosuppressive therapy, was admitted to our tertiary obstetrics unit with sepsis at 18 weeks of pregnancy with dichorionic diamniotic twins. Candida glabrata was grown from her blood cultures, then subsequently from the liquor and placentae. She was treated with intravenous ambisome (amphotericin), but unfortunately, the infection resulted in the rupture of her membranes, preterm labour and the demise of her twins. She delivered both twins at 23 weeks, 3 days apart. The antifungal agent was changed to high-dose fluconazole after delivery for 2 weeks and she is now well. Women undergoing IVF-embryo transfer with immunomodulation therapy have a potential risk of developing candidal chorioamnionitis and sepsis.

Indexed as

Candida glabrataEmbryo TransferFertilization in VitroAdultCandidemiaFemaleHumansImmunosuppression TherapyPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPregnancy, TwinPremature BirthPremature Rupture of Fetal MembranesStillbirth

Identifiers

PMID24686802
PMCPMC3975528
OpenAlexW2156790845

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