Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32509531›Full record

ArticleIDCases2020

Collin F Talhelm, Jessica L Helms, Liem T Tran, Brian X Contreras, Mark L Stevens, Miguel Sierra-Hoffman, Miriam T Castro-Lainez, Rafael J Deliz

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In one paragraph

Article in IDCases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Collin F TalhelmTexas A&M Detar Family Residency Program, Victoria TX 77901, USA.
Jessica L HelmsDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, 121 Flint Rock Court, Victoria TX 77904, USA.
Liem T TranTexas A&M Detar Family Residency Program, Victoria TX 77901, USA.
Brian X ContrerasTexas A&M Detar Family Residency Program, Victoria TX 77901, USA.
Mark L StevensTexas A&M Detar Family Residency Program, Victoria TX 77901, USA.
Miguel Sierra-HoffmanTexas A&M Detar Family Residency Program, Victoria TX 77901, USA.
Miriam T Castro-LainezUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Hospital Escuela Universitario, Boulevard Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Rafael J DelizUIW School of Osteopathic Medicine, Laredo Medical Center, 1700 E. Saunders St. - P.O. Box 2068, Laredo, TX 78044-2068, USA.
Laredo Community College · USNational Autonomous University of Honduras · HN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 39 year-old male was residing along the south coast of Texas, the USA, presented with fever, myalgias, headaches, and weight loss for ten days. Symptoms and manifestations progressed to include nuchal rigidity, photophobia, hyponatremia, thrombocytopenia, and transaminitis despite the intravenous administration of ceftriaxone and azithromycin. A lumbar puncture performed in the Emergency Department yielded pleocytosis and glucose cerebrospinal fluid/serum ratio of 0.35, suggestive of meningoencephalitis. Conglomerate data raised the suspicion of meningitis secondary to a zoonotic acquired infection, which was later confirmed to be

Indexed as

Central nervous systemDoxycyclineEndemicMurine typhusRickettsia

Identifiers

PMID32509531
PMCPMC7265057
OpenAlexW3030726855

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Registered trials

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