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ArticleIDCases2015

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare brain abscesses in an HIV-infected patient.

Christopher Begley, Akshay Amaraneni, Larry Lutwick

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Article in IDCases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher BegleyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Akshay AmaraneniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Larry LutwickDepartment of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Stryker (United States) · USWestern Michigan University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses even in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We present a case of a multiple MAC brain abscesses, confirmed by brain biopsy and culture, in a patient with AIDS. The patient's initial symptoms were weakness, confusion and headaches. The patient was initially treated for toxoplasmosis and pyogenic bacterial brain abscesses with no resolution. Following treatment for MAC the patient's abscesses resolved.

Indexed as

Brain abscessHIV/AIDSMycobacterium avium–intracellulare

Identifiers

PMID26793442
PMCPMC4672616
OpenAlexW1969842319

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