Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32652948›Full record

ArticleBMC infectious diseases2020

Chronic suppurative otitis media due to Streptomyces cacaoi, the second case report in human infection.

Lu Ai, Han Huang, Zhongwen Wu, Pingjuan Liu, Jianyu Huang, Yili Chen

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025
    Article
  2. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
    Review
  3. Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility ofNew microbes and new infections · 2021
    Article
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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lu AiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Han HuangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Zhongwen WuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Pingjuan LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Jianyu HuangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
Yili ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China. 845475702@qq.com.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStreptomyces cacaoi, Gram-positive, branched, filamentous bacillus forms without fragmentation, are saprophytic soil organisms rarely known to cause invasive infections other than mycetoma. Here we describe a case of chronic suppurative otitis media caused by Streptomyces cacaoi in a patient with hyperlipidemia in China. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old female patient with hyperlipidemia suffered chronic suppurative otitis media caused by Streptomyces cacaoi. She had a favorable outcome with a 4-week course of ofloxacin ear drops.

conclusionsStreptomyces cacaoi is rarely reported to cause human infection. The introduction of molecular techniques improves the ability to identify rare species such as Streptomyces considerably. We report the case improve our ability to identify this pathogen and expand the range of known bacterial causes of human infection.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsChinaFemaleGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansMiddle AgedOfloxacinOtitis Media, SuppurativeStreptomycesTreatment OutcomeTympanoplastyAnti-Bacterial AgentsOfloxacinCase reportChronic suppurative otitis mediaStreptomyces cacaoi

Identifiers

PMID32652948
PMCPMC7353713
OpenAlexW3041638212

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.