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ArticleTropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines2019

A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an

Tobias Brummaier, Sonja Bertschy, Kornelius Arn, Thomas Treumann, Marie-Therese Ruf, Beatrice Nickel, Daniel H Paris, Andreas Neumayr, Johannes Blum

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Article in Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines, 2019. 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
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Tobias Brummaier1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9739-2084
Sonja Bertschy5Department of Infectiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
Kornelius Arn6Division of Hematology and Hematology Laboratory, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
Thomas Treumann7Division of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
Marie-Therese Ruf1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Beatrice Nickel1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Daniel H Paris1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Andreas Neumayr1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Johannes Blum1Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHLuzerner Kantonsspital · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEosinophilic meningitis (EOM) is a rare condition that is caused by various communicable and non-communicable factors. The rat-lungworm CASE PRESENTATION: A 33-year old woman with a travel history to rural north-eastern Thailand presented to an emergency department in Switzerland with severe headache and vomiting. Eosinophilic meningitis was confirmed as the cause of the symptoms; however, serologic investigations failed to confirm an DISCUSSION: Parasitic etiology must be considered in returning travelers who present with symptoms compatible with a central nervous system infection. A thorough medical history, including types of food consumed, is paramount and can often suggest differential diagnosis. Neuroangiostrongyliasis is rare and might be missed if serology does not cover possible seroconversion.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensisEosinophilic meningitisSeroconversionSwitzerlandVisiting friends and relatives

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PMID31016026
PMCPMC6466724
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