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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

A Rare Case of an Immunocompetent Male With Zoster Meningitis.

Mohammed Ali Faluk, Shraddhadevi Makadia, Ramy Abdelmaseih, S Mustajab Hasan, Khalid Abusaada

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed Ali FalukUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Shraddhadevi MakadiaUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Ramy AbdelmaseihUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
S Mustajab HasanUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Khalid AbusaadaUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
University of Central Florida · USRegional Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Varicella zoster meningitis is an uncommon complication of herpes zoster, especially in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of a healthy 45-year-old male who developed aseptic meningitis as a result of reactivated varicella zoster virus infection. This case highlights the importance of remaining cognizant of varicella zoster virus as a cause of meningitis in not only the elderly or immunocompromised patients but also in patients who are healthy.

Indexed as

AcyclovirAntiviral AgentsExanthemaHerpesvirus 3, HumanHerpes ZosterHumansImmunocompetenceMaleMeningitis, AsepticMeningitis, ViralMiddle AgedAcyclovirAntiviral Agentsaseptic meningitisCNS infectionsviral meningitiszoster meningitis

Identifiers

PMID32830563
PMCPMC7448257
OpenAlexW3080410881

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