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ArticleDer Internist2017

[A Somali refugee with fever and abnormal blood smear].

J Jochum, E Tannich, D Tappe, S Schmiedel

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Article in Der Internist, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J JochumI. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Sektion Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. j.jochum@uke.de.
E TannichBernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Nationales Referenzzentrum für Tropische Infektionserreger, Hamburg, Deutschland.
D TappeBernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Nationales Referenzzentrum für Tropische Infektionserreger, Hamburg, Deutschland.
S SchmiedelI. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Sektion Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing migration into Europe may confront clinicians with diseases barely known any more in this part of the world. We present a case of louse-borne relapsing fever in a Somali refugee. Blood smears led to the diagnosis of relapsing fever and DNA sequencing was positive for Borrelia recurrentis. This disease should be considered in all patients with unclear fever and a compatible travel or migration history. Blood smears are employed as the primary diagnostic method. Therapy harbors the danger of a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a complication that may require intensive medical care.

Indexed as

RefugeesBorreliaEuropeFever of Unknown OriginHumansRelapsing FeverSomaliaBorrelia recurrentisCeftriaxoneDoxycyclineJarisch-Herxheimer reactionRelapsing fever, louse-borne

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PMID27822621
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