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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

Aspergillus terreus Meningitis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report.

Abdelrahman Elsawy, Hani Faidah, Abdalla Ahmed, Asmaa Mostafa, Farah Mohamed

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Abdelrahman ElsawyMedical Microbiology Department, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health Makkah, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Microbiology, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt.
Hani FaidahMedical Microbiology Department, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health Makkah, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdalla AhmedDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Asmaa MostafaMedical Microbiology Department, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health Makkah, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Microbiology, Tanta Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University Tanta, Egypt.
Farah MohamedDepartment of Medicine, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Umm al-Qura University · SAAl-Azhar University · EGAl Noor Hospitals · AETanta University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a description of a rare but dangerous case of fungal meningitis caused by Aspergillus terreus in an immunocompetent patient with a history of sinus disease.

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Aspergillusimmunocompetentmeningitispatientterreus

Identifiers

PMID26648927
PMCPMC4664626
OpenAlexW2194988880

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