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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Cryptococcal meningitis in a daily cannabis smoker without evidence of immunodeficiency.

Bryan B Shapiro, Rebecca Hedrick, Brigitte C Vanle, Courtney A Becker, Chris Nguyen, David M Underhill, Margie A Morgan, Joel D Kopple, Itai Danovitch, Waguih William IsHak

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Bryan B ShapiroDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA.
Rebecca HedrickDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brigitte C VanleDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Courtney A BeckerF. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chris NguyenF. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
David M UnderhillF. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Margie A MorganDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joel D KoppleDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
Itai DanovitchDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Waguih William IsHakDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · USThe Lundquist Institute · USUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis is a life-threatening condition most commonly observed in immunocompromised individuals. We describe a daily cannabis smoker without evidence of immunodeficiency presenting with confirmed

Indexed as

Cryptococcus neoformansFemaleHumansMarijuana SmokingMeningitis, CryptococcalMiddle Ageddisease and health outcomesdrugs misuse (including addiction)exposureshealthcare improvement and patient safetyinfectious diseases

Identifiers

PMID29374632
PMCPMC5787011
OpenAlexW2787186456

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