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ArticleAfrican journal of laboratory medicine2017

Emmanuel O Irek, Temitope O Obadare, Patrick A Udonwa, Olajumoke Laoye, Oyekola V Abiri, Adenike O Adeoye, Aaron O Aboderin

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Article in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 52% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Species Diversity in the Fusarium solani (Neocosmospora) Complex and Their Pathogenicity for Plants and Humans.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2022
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  2. Fungal Keratitis Due toJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  3. Honing in on disease etiology.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2017
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emmanuel O IrekDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Temitope O ObadareDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Patrick A UdonwaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Olajumoke LaoyeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Oyekola V AbiriDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Adenike O AdeoyeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Aaron O AboderinDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria.
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe report a rare cause of keratitis, due to CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old farmer presented with a two-week history of pain, mucopurulent discharge, redness and a corneal ulcer with a visual acuity of hand movement in the right eye. With a working diagnosis of infective keratitis, corneal scrapings were taken under a slit lamp biomicroscope for microbiological testing. Direct lactophenol cotton blue mounts revealed septate fungal hyphae, while fungal culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar at room temperature grew woolly mould phenotypically consistent with MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME: The patient was started on hourly topical natamycin (5%), ciprofloxacin (0.3%), two-hourly instillation of tobramycin (0.3%) and atropine (1%) twice daily for three months following the isolation of the fungus. The eye healed with a corneal scar and no improvements in visual acuity. DISCUSSION: This infection was difficult to manage due to the inaccessibility of a suitable antifungal, namely, voriconazole in our setting. Hence, there is a need for prompt identification and early institution of suitable antifungals in any patient with suspected keratomycosis.

Identifiers

PMID28879155
PMCPMC5566125
OpenAlexW2735115021

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