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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2017

Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii fungemia following probiotic treatment.

Marcelo C Appel-da-Silva, Gabriel A Narvaez, Leandro R R Perez, Laura Drehmer, Jairo Lewgoy

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcelo C Appel-da-SilvaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Rua Jose de Alencar, 286, 90880-480 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Gabriel A NarvaezDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Rua Jose de Alencar, 286, 90880-480 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Leandro R R PerezDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Rua Jose de Alencar, 286, 90880-480 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Laura DrehmerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Rua Jose de Alencar, 286, 90880-480 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jairo LewgoyDepartment of Oncology, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Rua Jose de Alencar, 286, 90880-480 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Hospital Mãe de Deus · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotics are commonly prescribed as an adjuvant in the treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by

Indexed as

Clostridium difficileCritical illnessFungemiaProbioticsSaccharomyces

Identifiers

PMID28794958
PMCPMC5537395
OpenAlexW2739178496

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