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ArticleOxford medical case reports2014

Recurrence of herpes simplex encephalitis associated with temozolomide chemoradiation for malignant glioma: a case report and review of the literature.

Mitalee P Christman, Sarah E Turbett, Soma Sengupta, Khamidulla U Bakhadirov, Craig A Williamson, Lakshmi Nayak, Tracey Milligan, Joel T Katz

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mitalee P ChristmanHarvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Sarah E TurbettDivision of Infectious Diseases , Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Soma SenguptaDepartment of Neurology , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Khamidulla U BakhadirovDepartment of Neurology , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Craig A WilliamsonDepartment of Neurosurgery , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI , USA.
Lakshmi NayakCenter for Neuro-Oncology , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Tracey MilliganDepartment of Neurology , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Joel T KatzDivision of Infectious Diseases , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although herpes simplex encephalitis is not classically considered an opportunistic infection, reactivation of herpes simplex is being seen increasingly in patients with cancer or immunosuppression. The authors present a patient with malignant glioma and HSV-1 encephalitis whose PCR-proven encephalitis recurred after temozolomide (TMZ) chemoradiation despite acyclovir therapy, and summarize details of four other cases of HSV-1 encephalitis associated with TMZ. The similarity among these cases raises the likely need for longer treatment courses and/or oral suppressive therapy in patients at risk for herpes simplex infections who are receiving TMZ.

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PMID25988006
PMCPMC4369964
OpenAlexW2131019689

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