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ReviewMedicine2020

Cryptococcosis caused by cryptococcus gattii: 2 case reports and literature review.

Xinying Xue, Hui Deng, Longting Zhao, Xuelei Zang, Idorenyin Polycarp Asuquo, Mingming Meng, Xidong Ma, Chong Qin, Yao Meng, Chongchong Wu and 2 more

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Review in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Xinying XueDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Hui DengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Longting ZhaoDepartment of Infectious diseases, Rizhao Central Hospital, Rizhao, China.
Xuelei ZangDepartment of Microbiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing.
Idorenyin Polycarp AsuquoDepartments of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Liaoning.
Mingming MengDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xidong MaDepartment of Respiratory Disease, School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong.
Chong QinDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Yao MengDepartment of Chest surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Chongchong WuDepartment of Radiology.
Jie GaoDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing.
Lei PanDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Shijitan Hospital · CNChinese General Hospital College of Nursing and Liberal Arts · PHChinese PLA General Hospital · CNJinzhou Medical University · CNWeifang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii, is a life threatening fungal infection with recently increasing prevalence. C. gattii is a species complex comprising multiple independent species. However, many biological characteristics and clinical features of cryptococcosis due to C. gattii are relatively less well defined. In this paper, we identify two cases of C. gattii infection, and laboratory findings of genotype VGI and VGII in two groups of apparently immunocompetent Chinese individuals respectively. Upon detailed review of all 35 cases of C. gattii infections, it was observed that C. gattii can cause debilitating illness in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Cryptococcosis due to C. gattii is a serious systemic fungal infection, with pulmonary central nervous system tropism. Epidemiologically, C. gattii infection is not only restricted in tropical and subtropical regions, but also in other geographical settings.

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAdolescentAdultAgedAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsAsian PeopleCentral Nervous System Fungal InfectionsCryptococcosisCryptococcus gattiiDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFlucytosineGenotypeGeographyHumansAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsFlucytosineliposomal amphotericin B

Identifiers

PMID33327239
PMCPMC7738107
OpenAlexW3113037952

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