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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2018

Disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal abscess in a patient treated for bullous pemphigoid.

Sidharth Puri, Amir Hadayer, Andrea Breaux, Charles C Barr

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A case report of ocular nocardiosis secondary toAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2026
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  4. Updated Review onClinical microbiology reviews · 2022
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  5. Nocardia Subretinal Abscess: A Rare and Challenging Case Report.Case reports in ophthalmological medicine · 2021
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  6. Endogenous ocular nocardiosis.GMS ophthalmology cases · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sidharth PuriKentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, 40202.
Amir HadayerKentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, 40202.
Andrea BreauxKentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, 40202.
Charles C BarrKentucky Lions Eye Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, 40202.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report a case of disseminated Nocardiosis with retinal and intracranial lesions. OBSERVATIONS: A 49-year-old woman immunosuppressed because of treatment given for bullous pemphigoid presented with altered mental status and multiple intracranial lesions on imaging. The patient was found to have multiple retinal lesions in both eyes, including a subretinal abscess in the right eye. The patient underwent brain biopsy, confirming CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Ocular Nocardiosis is a rare disease with varying prognosis that requires prompt diagnosis to ensure appropriate medical therapy.

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AbscessNocardiaNocardiosisRetina

Identifiers

PMID29780924
PMCPMC5956661
OpenAlexW2789479747

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