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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2018

Hazim Bukamur, Waseem Ahmed, Yazan Numan, Ibrahim Shahoub, Fuad Zeid

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Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Catastrophic right-sidedRespiratory medicine case reports · 2021
    Article
  4. Fungal empyema in complicated chronic pancreatitis: A rare possibility.International journal of surgery case reports · 2019
    Article
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.

Hazim BukamurDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6494-249X
Waseem AhmedDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
Yazan NumanDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
Ibrahim ShahoubDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
Fuad ZeidDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5287-5691
Marshall University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empyema thoracis is a serious condition characterized by the accumulation of purulent fluid in the pleural cavity, typically following a pneumonia, subdiaphragmatic abscess, or esophageal rupture. Fungal empyema thoracis is a rare form of this condition with especially high mortality, in which the most frequently isolated fungus is

Identifiers

PMID29670781
PMCPMC5835298
OpenAlexW2794276022

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Registered trials

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