Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34422419›Full record

ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2021

Cytomegalovirus Pulmonary Involvement in an Immunocompetent Adult.

Helena Luís, Carolina Barros, Mariana Gomes, José Luís Andrade, Nancy Faria

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helena LuísDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Central do Funchal-SESARAM, E.P.E Avenida Luís de Camões Nº 57, Funchal 9004-514, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8422-3129
Carolina BarrosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Central do Funchal-SESARAM, E.P.E Avenida Luís de Camões Nº 57, Funchal 9004-514, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6561-7632
Mariana GomesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Central do Funchal-SESARAM, E.P.E Avenida Luís de Camões Nº 57, Funchal 9004-514, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8159-7854
José Luís AndradeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Central do Funchal-SESARAM, E.P.E Avenida Luís de Camões Nº 57, Funchal 9004-514, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-1992
Nancy FariaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Central do Funchal-SESARAM, E.P.E Avenida Luís de Camões Nº 57, Funchal 9004-514, Portugal.
Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCytomegalovirus (CMV) is a linear double-stranded DNA virus that may cause severe and potentially fatal infection in immunocompromised hosts. In immunocompetent individuals, the infection is typically mild or asymptomatic. However, in the last years, some cases of severe cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent individuals have been described.

conclusionWith this clinical case, the authors highlight the importance of considering CMV infection in evaluating patients with pneumonia, even in immunocompetent ones, particularly in those with no clinical improvement with antibiotics instituted for bacterial pneumonia, and when other causes have been ruled out.

Identifiers

PMID34422419
PMCPMC8371646
OpenAlexW3189231120

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.