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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2016

Successful treatment of cutaneous protothecosis with liposomal amphotericin and oral itraconazole.

Brendan McMullan, Simon Pollett, Chayanika Biswas, Donald Packham

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Brendan McMullanSydney Children's Hospital, Sydney 2031, Australia.
Simon PollettMarie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
Chayanika BiswasWestmead Millenium Institute, Sydney 2145, Australia.
Donald PackhamWestmead Hospital, Sydney 2145, Australia.
Sydney Children's Hospital · AUThe University of Sydney · AUWestmead Hospital · AUWestmead Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protothecosis is a rare algal infection, affecting primarily immunocompromised hosts. Optimal management is unclear: in-vitro antimicrobial breakpoints are not established and therapeutic decisions are primarily based on case reports. We present a case of cutaneous Prototheca wickerhamii infection in an immunosuppressed 63 year old male, successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin and prolonged itraconazole. Inoculation may have been through frequent hot-tub use, highlighting hot-tub exposure as an infection risk for the immunocompromised host.

Indexed as

CutaneousItraconazoleLiposomal amphotericinPrototheca wickerhamiiProtothecosis

Identifiers

PMID27642561
PMCPMC5018200
OpenAlexW2475955861

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