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ArticleBiomedical journal2016

Esophageal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent child: A rare presentation.

Jenna Blah Bhattacharya, Seema Kaushal, Satish Kumar Aggarwal

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Article in Biomedical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Esophageal mucormycosis following bone marrow transplantation: An uncommon entity.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Jenna Blah BhattacharyaDepartment of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: jennamamc@gmail.com.
Seema KaushalDepartment of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Satish Kumar AggarwalDepartment of Paedatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Maulana Azad Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive mucormycosis of the esophagus (rare) and gastrointestinal tract is emerging as an important cause of concern in children. It usually affects immunosuppressed individuals. However, infection of immunocompetent children is also seen. The diagnosis of mucormycosis is difficult both at the clinical and the laboratory level, hence leading to unsatisfactory treatment and high mortality rates. The infection is usually life threatening so an early diagnosis and prompt administration of antifungal therapy is imperative.

Indexed as

Immunocompromised HostEsophageal DiseasesGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansInfantInflammationMaleMucormycosisEsophageal mucormycosisFungal infectionGastrointestinal fungal infectionMucormycosis

Identifiers

PMID27372172
PMCPMC6140314
OpenAlexW2463119978

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Registered trials

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