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ArticleCureus2020

An Unusual Case of Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis Caused by Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae.

Pranav Karambelkar, Chaitanya Rojulpote, Austin J Borja, Cathrine Youngs, Abhijit Bhattaru

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Article in Cureus, 2020. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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, 5 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pranav KarambelkarInternal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, USA.
Chaitanya RojulpoteInternal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, USA.
Austin J BorjaRadiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Cathrine YoungsInternal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, USA.
Abhijit BhattaruRadiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an omnipresent commensal in the environment, studied for over a century. It is a zoonotic pathogen known to cause infections in animals and humans. Cases of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans have been classified into three distinct entities: localized skin infections, diffuse skin infections, and systemic organ involvement. This particular pathogen is an uncommon cause of endocarditis, with an affinity for the aortic valve. We present a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a patient with involvement of the tricuspid valve.

Indexed as

erysipelothrix rhusiopathiaeinfective endocarditistricuspid valve endocarditiszoonosis

Identifiers

PMID32499982
PMCPMC7266562
OpenAlexW3020941637

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