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ArticleIDCases2021

Melioidosis of the central nervous system; A potentially lethal impersonator.

William Owen, Simon Smith, Sarin Kuruvath, David Anderson, Josh Hanson

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In one paragraph

Article in IDCases, 2021. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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, 7 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.

William OwenDepartment of Surgery, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Simon SmithDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Sarin KuruvathDepartment of Neurosurgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
David AndersonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Josh HansonDepartment of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Cairns Hospital · AUTownsville Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 57-year-old Australian woman, with a history of hazardous alcohol consumption, presented with a seizure following 2 days of fever and headache. Initial imaging suggested the presence of an isolated brain abscess, however, a thorough physical examination, identified no additional septic focus. Five sets of blood cultures were sterile and serology for

Indexed as

Bacterial infectionBrain abscessMelioidosisNeurosurgeryTravel medicineTropical medicine

Identifiers

PMID33304815
PMCPMC7708931
OpenAlexW3103799741

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Registered trials

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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.