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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Approach for tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-negative patient.

Michèle Rebecca Weber, Jan Sven Fehr, Félix Pierre Kuhn, Marisa Brigitta Kaelin

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michèle Rebecca WeberInternal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland michele.rebecca.weber@gmail.com.
Jan Sven FehrDivison of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Félix Pierre KuhnMedizinisch Radiologisches Institut, Zurich, Switzerland.
Marisa Brigitta KaelinDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHKantonsspital Frauenfeld · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A male refugee from the Middle East was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and Pott's disease with paravertebral abscess. After starting the standard regimen, the sputum culture converted to negative and the patient's general condition improved. Six weeks later, the patient presented with clinical worsening of known symptoms, new appearance of focal neurological deficits and progress of radiological features showing progression of the paravertebral abscess. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome with

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HIV InfectionsImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory SyndromeMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryTuberculosis, SpinalHumansMaleinfectionsmedical managementmigration and healthTB and other respiratory infections

Identifiers

PMID34404638
PMCPMC8375722
OpenAlexW3194689353

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