Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33439934›Full record

ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2021

How a discerning cytological examination can aid in the diagnosis of infectious diseases: case reports.

D K Faria, J N de Almeida Júnior, C S Faria, B Durante, B F Falasco, E Terreri Neto, L Antonangelo

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 54% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D K FariaLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2036-8625
J N de Almeida JúniorLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3766-026X
C S FariaLaboratório de Investigação Médica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5272-2169
B DuranteLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0217-4499
B F FalascoLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-5245
E Terreri NetoLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4730-9200
L AntonangeloLaboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Patologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-5100
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections caused by uncommon and resistant pathogens in unusual sites have been increasingly reported in medical literature. We describe four cases of rare cytological findings and clinical impact for patients. In the first case, Aspergillus sp and Pneumocystis jirovecii were observed in the bronchoalveolar lavage of a patient with severe systemic lupus. In the second and third cases, we describe the presence of Trichomonas sp and Strongyloides sp larvae in samples of pleural and peritoneal fluid, respectively. The fourth report is about a patient with a wrist subcutaneous nodule whose synovial aspiration and cytology revealed the presence of brown septate hyphae. The early identification of the infectious agent in the cytological examination was essential for the introduction and/or re-adaptation of therapy in the four cases described. Patients in this report were immunocompromised with severe comorbidities, conditions often associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

AnimalsAscitic FluidAspergillusBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCommunicable DiseasesCytodiagnosisFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPleural EffusionPneumocystis cariniiStrongyloidesStrongyloidiasisTrichomonas

Identifiers

PMID33439934
PMCPMC7798183
OpenAlexW3114087834

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.