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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Primary cutaneous mucormycosis produced by the new species Apophysomyces mexicanus.

Alexandro Bonifaz, Alberto M Stchigel, Josep Guarro, Esther Guevara, Liliana Pintos, Marta Sanchis, José F Cano-Lira

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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 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Necrotizing fasciitis caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2018
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandro BonifazDepartment of Mycology, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Alberto M StchigelMycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
Josep GuarroMycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
Esther GuevaraDermatology Service, ISSSTE, Lic. Adolfo López Mateos Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Liliana PintosOtorrinolaringology Service, ISSSTE, Lic. Adolfo López Mateos Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Marta SanchisMycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
José F Cano-LiraMycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain jose.cano@urv.cat.
Universidad Rovira i Virgili · ESInstitute for Social Security and Services for State Workers · MXHospital General de México · MXInstitut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case of fungal necrotizing fasciitis that appeared in an immunocompetent Mexican woman after a car accident is described. The patient did not respond to antifungal treatment and died 4 days later. The fungus was molecularly identified as a new species of Apophysomyces, namely, Apophysomyces mexicanus.

Indexed as

Accidents, TrafficAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalFasciitis, NecrotizingFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMexicoMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataMucoralesMucormycosisSequence Analysis, DNATreatment FailureWounds and InjuriesAntifungal AgentsDNA, Fungal

Identifiers

PMID25297328
PMCPMC4313335
OpenAlexW2039349823

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