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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: playing hide-and-seek with an elusive parasite.

Martin Baekby, Henning Glerup, Katrine Stribolt, Britta Tarp

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Clinical Spectrum of Schistosomiasis: An Update.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
    Review
  3. Anemia in a young Guinean male.Clinical case reports · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Martin BaekbyDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Henning GlerupDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regionshospitalet Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark.
Katrine StriboltDepartment of Pathology, Regionshospitalet Randers, Randers, Midtjylland, Denmark.
Britta TarpDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regionshospitalet Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 27-year-old man of Eritrean origin presented with persistent left-sided abdominal pain. Initial investigation showed signs of liver fibrosis, portal hypertension and splenomegaly. A diagnosis of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis was suspected on grounds of elevated total IgE, grey area antischistosomiasis antibodies and the high endemic status of his native country. However, repeated microscopy of faecal and urine samples, as well as rectal biopsies, failed to demonstrate schistosomal eggs. Finally, the diagnosis of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis was established through demonstration of a

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Abdominal PainAdultAnimalsDenmarkEritreaHumansLiver Diseases, ParasiticMalePraziquantelRefugeesSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasis mansoniSchistosomicidesSplenic DiseasesPraziquantelSchistosomicidescirrhosishepatitis and other Gi infectionsinfection(gastroenterology)portal hypertensiontropical medicine (infectious Disease)

Identifiers

PMID28814579
PMCPMC5612347

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