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ArticleJMM case reports2016

Myocarditis in Mediterranean spotted fever: a case report and a review of the literature.

Claudia Colomba, Lucia Siracusa, Marcello Trizzino, Claudia Gioè, Anna Giammanco, Antonio Cascio

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Article in JMM case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Subclinical Cardiac Disturbances AfterTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026
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  2. Infectious factors in myocarditis: a comprehensive review of common and rare pathogens.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024
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  5. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudia ColombaDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
Lucia SiracusaDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
Marcello TrizzinoDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
Claudia GioèDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
Anna GiammancoDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
Antonio CascioDipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute e materno-infantile, Università di Palermo , Italy.
University of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne acute febrile disease caused by CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a new case of acute myocarditis complicating MSF in an immunocompetent adult patient without risk factors for severe MSF.

conclusionMyocarditis is an uncommon but severe complication of MSF. Clinicians should be aware of a possible cardiac involvement in patients with MSF. Close monitoring and an aggressive approach are essential to reduce mortality rates of MSF.

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conoriifeverMediterraneanmyocarditisrickettsiaspotted

Identifiers

PMID28348768
PMCPMC5330236
OpenAlexW2465870677

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