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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Invasive mycosis due to species of Blastobotrys in immunocompromised patients with reduced susceptibility to antifungals.

Anil Kumar, Rachana Babu, Swapna Bijulal, Mohan Abraham, P Sasidharan, Shallu Kathuria, Cheshta Sharma, Jacques F Meis, Anuradha Chowdhary

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anil KumarDepartment of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Rachana BabuDepartment of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Swapna BijulalDepartment of Microbiology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Mohan AbrahamDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
P SasidharanDepartment of Neonatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Shallu KathuriaDepartment of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Cheshta SharmaDepartment of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Jacques F MeisDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3253-6080
Anuradha ChowdharyDepartment of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India dranuradha@hotmail.com.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre · INUniversity of Delhi · INRadboud University Medical Center · NLRegional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cases of invasive mycosis due to Blastobotrys serpentis and B. proliferans identified by sequencing in a preterm patient and a rhabdomyosarcoma patient, respectively, are reported. Both species revealed elevated fluconazole and echinocandin MICs by the CLSI broth microdilution method. Additionally, B. serpentis exhibited high amphotericin B MICs, thus posing serious therapeutic challenges.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, FungalImmunocompromised HostAdultAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsChildEchinocandinsFemaleFluconazoleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular Sequence DataMycosesSaccharomycetalesAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsEchinocandinsFluconazole

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PMID25165080
PMCPMC4313262
OpenAlexW2065215858

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