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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2014

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa associacted meningitis: A subacute entity with high mortality. Case report and review.

Sotirios Tsiodras, Sotirios Papageorgiou, Joseph Meletiadis, Polydoros Tofas, Vasiliki Pappa, John Panayiotides, Petros Karakitsos, Apostolos Armaganidis, George Petrikkos

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Sotirios Tsiodras4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Sotirios PapageorgiouHaematology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Joseph MeletiadisClinical Microbiology Laboratory, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Polydoros Tofas4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki PappaHaematology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
John Panayiotides2nd Department of Pathology, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Petros KarakitsosDepartment of Cytopathology, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Apostolos Armaganidis1st Department of Critical Care, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
George Petrikkos4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12462 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fatal case of meningitis due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a 28 year-old HIV-negative male with a history of Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent salvage chemotherapy is presented. Reviewing the literature we identified 13 cases with central nervous system infection due Rhodotorula spp. The disease usually occurs in HIV negative immunosupressed middle-aged males. It takes the form of subacute or chronic meningitis accompanied by fever with an overall mortality of 46.2% despite antifungal therapy.

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LymphomaMeningitisRhodotorula mucilaginosa

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PMCPMC4216385
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