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ArticleCureus2019

Rhino-oculo Cerebral Mucormycosis Resistant to Amphotericin B in a Young Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis.

Sarrah Ali Asghar, Zainab Majid, Faryal Tahir, Laila Tul Qadar, Saifullah Mir

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pattern-based clinical recognition of diabetes-associatedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  3. Plausible mechanism of drug resistance and side-effects of COVID-19 therapeutics: a bottleneck for its eradication.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2024
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  6. Oral Mucormycosis: An Inevitable Complication of COVID-19.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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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.

Sarrah Ali AsgharInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Zainab MajidInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Faryal TahirInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Laila Tul QadarInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Saifullah MirSurgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhino-oculo cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a rare, invasive, and rapidly progressive fungal infection affecting nose, paranasal sinuses and often extending to orbit, brain, and palate. The immunocompromised, more commonly patients with diabetes mellitus, fall victim to this lethal form of fungus. Although the therapeutic approach includes aggressive surgical and medical interventions, ROCM remains a life-threatening infection with poor prognosis. This rare case addresses the outcomes of ROCM in a young patient with delayed diagnosis and resistance to amphotericin B (Ampho B) contributing to dreadful outcomes.

Indexed as

amphotericin bdiabetic ketoacidosisrhinooccularcerebral mucormycosis

Identifiers

PMID31183276
PMCPMC6538113
OpenAlexW2924847665

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