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ArticleAccess microbiology2020

Unusual presentation of meningococcal meningitis in the elderly and utility of CSF PCR testing.

Elizabeth Ranson, Hannah Ship, Omai Garner, Shangxin Yang, Debika Bhattacharya

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Article in Access microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 50% 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, 2 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth RansonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-8282
Hannah ShipDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Omai GarnerClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA.
Shangxin YangClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-1178
Debika BhattacharyaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-7763
University of California, Los Angeles · USUCLA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present an unusual case of a previously healthy 74-year-old man who presented with diffuse weakness, severe myalgias, petechial palmar rash and hypotension, but without fever, altered mental status, nuchal rigidity or headache, who was ultimately found through PCR testing to have meningococcal meningitis.

Indexed as

elderly meningitismeningococcal meningitismultiplex PCRPCR test

Identifiers

PMID33195972
PMCPMC7660242
OpenAlexW3048595915

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Registered trials

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