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ArticleAutoimmunity reviews2020

Tocilizumab for cytokine storm syndrome in COVID-19 pneumonia: an increased risk for candidemia?

Spinello Antinori, Cecilia Bonazzetti, Guido Gubertini, Amedeo Capetti, Cristina Pagani, Valentina Morena, Sara Rimoldi, Laura Galimberti, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Anna Lisa Ridolfo

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Article in Autoimmunity reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
95citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Spinello AntinoriLuigi Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: spinello.antinori@unimi.it.
Cecilia BonazzettiLuigi Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Guido GubertiniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Amedeo CapettiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Cristina PaganiMicrobiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnostics, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Valentina MorenaLuigi Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Sara RimoldiMicrobiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnostics, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Laura GalimbertiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Piercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniRheumatology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Anna Lisa RidolfoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco · ITLuigi Sacco Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CandidemiaMacrophage Activation SyndromeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBetacoronavirusCalcinosisCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19CytokinesHeart Valve DiseasesHumansHypotrichosisInterleukin-6PandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Skin Diseases, GeneticAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCytokinesInterleukin-6tocilizumab

Identifiers

PMID32376396
PMCPMC7200127
OpenAlexW3022523387

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