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ArticleCureus2020

Lactobacillus-Associated Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in a Liver Cirrhosis Patient on Probiotics.

Lintu Ramachandran, Venkata S Dontaraju, Kushal Patel

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 51% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Probiotics in hepatology: An update.World journal of hepatology · 2021
    Review
  2. IDCases · 2021
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lintu RamachandranInternal Medicine, Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford, USA.
Venkata S DontarajuInternal Medicine, Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford, USA.
Kushal PatelInternal Medicine, Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford, USA.
Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of over the counter probiotics has been an area of scientific debate. While the benefits of probiotics are heavily disputed, probiotics are considered generally safe. We present a case of a liver cirrhosis patient, who presented with hepatic encephalopathy. The patient was taking daily probiotics and receiving weekly therapeutic paracentesis. His workup revealed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Despite starting the patient on empiric ceftriaxone and vancomycin, the patient's leukocytosis did not improve. The paracentesis fluid and blood cultures grew

Indexed as

lactobacillusliver cirrhosisparacentesisprobioticssbpspontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Identifiers

PMID33415048
PMCPMC7781884
OpenAlexW3107286910

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Registered trials

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