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ArticleYonsei medical journal2021

Fulminant Disseminating Fatal Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis: The First Case Report in an Immunocompetent Patient in South Korea.

Ju Yeon Lee, In Kyu Yu, Seong Min Kim, Joo Heon Kim, Ha Youn Kim

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Article in Yonsei medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The first reported case ofFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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  4. Fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis caused byFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ju Yeon LeeDepartment of Radiology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-124X
In Kyu YuDepartment of Radiology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. midosyu@eulji.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-2840
Seong Min KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. nsksm@eulji.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7161-0226
Joo Heon KimDepartment of Pathology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-0985
Ha Youn KimDepartment of Radiology, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-8410
Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University · KREulji University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central nervous system infections caused by free-living amoeba are very rare, but often fatal. The typical image findings of amebic meningoencephalitis are non-specific, showing ring-like enhancement. We report the first case of fulminant disseminating fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by

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AmebiasisAmoebaBalamuthia mandrillarisEncephalitisBrainHumansRepublic of KoreaamoebaBalamuthia mandrillarisEncephalitis

Identifiers

PMID34027644
PMCPMC8149926
OpenAlexW3165485855

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