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ArticleCureus2021

Coinfection of Tuberculosis in an Undiagnosed HIV, AIDS Patient Presenting With Shortness of Breath, Constitutional Symptoms and Lymphadenopathy.

Mirian V Garcia Rivera, Angel Aponte, War War Ko

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Article in Cureus, 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
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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.

  1. Identifying Castleman disease from non-clonal inflammatory causes of generalized lymphadenopathy.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mirian V Garcia RiveraInternal Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York, USA.
Angel AponteInternal Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York, USA.
War War KoInternal Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York, USA.
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) has long been known as an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) defining illness in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients, causing reciprocal advantage for both pathogens throughout the course of the disease, not just constituting a burden for the patient, but also impacting public health globally. We report a case of a 42-year-old man who presented with shortness of breath, generalized lymphadenopathy and weight loss. Subsequently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and generalized ganglionar TB. Initial computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed extensive mediastinal involvement with large right loculated pleural effusion, with growth of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) on culture. Biopsy of lymph nodes confirmed pathologic changes correlating with

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aidsantiretroviralcoinfectionhivinfectionsopportunistictherapytuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34336428
PMCPMC8312766
OpenAlexW3176557410

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Registered trials

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