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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2021

Cryptococcosis and unexpected death.

Abbie Tu, Roger W Byard

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

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abbie TuSchool of Anatomy and Pathology, University of Adelaide and Forensic Science SA, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Roger W ByardSchool of Anatomy and Pathology, University of Adelaide and Forensic Science SA, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. roger.byard@sa.gov.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0524-5942
South Australia Pathology · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti. It is most often found in immunocompromised individuals and has quite protean and chronic manifestations affecting all body systems. The unexpected death of a 22-year-old man with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis demonstrates, however, that it may have a fulminant course in previously well individuals. Also present at autopsy was a toruloma of the upper lobe of the right lung. Delays in clinical diagnoses, confusion with tuberculosis and precipitate clinical deterioration may mean that cases will be encountered unexpectedly during medicolegal autopsies.

Indexed as

CryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansMeningoencephalitisAdultHumansImmunocompromised HostLungMaleYoung AdultCryptococcosisForensicMeningoencephalitisTorulosisUnexpected death

Identifiers

PMID34324155
PMCPMC8320313
OpenAlexW3186911052

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Registered trials

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