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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2018

Pulmonary strongyloidiasis causing septic shock in a patient with Crohn's disease.

Mohammed Abdalla, Pavel Sinyagovskiy, Wiam Mohamed, Amro Abdelghani

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammed AbdallaPresence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA.
Pavel SinyagovskiyPresence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA.
Wiam MohamedUniversity of Khartoum, Sudan.
Amro AbdelghaniPresence St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA.
St. Francis Hospital · USUniversity of Khartoum · SD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 58 years old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock secondary to pneumonia, he has Crohn's disease currently treated with Vedolizumab and previously with infliximab. He was started on broad spectrum antibiotics and vasopressors for treatment of septic shock without improvement in the following days, sputum & blood cultures were negative. Bronchoscopy was done for non-resolving pneumonia work up, broncheoalveolar lavage smears and cultures were negative for bacteria, tuberculosis and Fungi. Bronchial washings cytology showed filariform larvae and serology was positive for Strongyloides, He was started on ivermectin and his condition improved significantly.

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PMID29977759
PMCPMC6010665
OpenAlexW2800601052

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