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ArticleIDCases2021

Diphtheria re-emerges in the unimmunized.

Paul Anderson, Matthew Solomon, Sidhartha Ramlatchan, Paul Banerjee, Latha Ganti

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Article in IDCases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Paul AndersonColiseum Medical Centers Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Mercer School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Matthew SolomonBrown University, Providence, RL, USA.
Sidhartha RamlatchanDrexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Paul BanerjeeColiseum Medical Centers Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Mercer School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Latha GantiColiseum Medical Centers Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Mercer School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
University of Central Florida · USBrown University · USDrexel University · USMercer University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors present a case of a 33-year-old African American male with respiratory diphtheria. The patient was initially assumed to have a peritonsillar abscess before various laboratory tests. He complained of dysphagia, throat pain, and shortness of breath. The patient's physical examination, supported by video laryngoscopy imaging and a CT scan, showed swelling of his pharynx. The patient reports that he was recently incarcerated for one year and did not receive immunizations as a child. Following his diagnosis, the patient was treated and subsequently recovered.

Indexed as

Cervical lymphadenopathyDiphtheriaPharyngitis

Identifiers

PMID33364166
PMCPMC7753149
OpenAlexW3110948260

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Registered trials

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