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ArticleCardiology research2018

Group G Streptococcus Infective Endocarditis in Association With Colon Cancer.

Ashraf Abugroun, Ramy Zughul, Mina Tawadrous, Margiori Rodriguez

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In one paragraph

Article in Cardiology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Infective Endocarditis in DisseminatedCase reports in infectious diseases · 2026
    Article
  2. Effects of infections on the pathogenesis of cancer.The Indian journal of medical research · 2021
    Review
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashraf AbugrounAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ramy ZughulAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mina TawadrousKansas City University of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Margiori RodriguezAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center · USKansas City University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group G streptococcus has been increasingly reported as a cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis. The association between various groups of streptococcus with malignancy has been well established. Such association is particularly observed in group D

Indexed as

Colon cancerGroup G streptococcusInfective endocarditis

Identifiers

PMID29479389
PMCPMC5819632
OpenAlexW2785698079

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Registered trials

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