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ArticleChest2021

A 31-Year-Old Man With Seizures, Brain Lesion, and Lung Nodules.

Luis Patricio Maskin, Matias H Garcia Hernandez, Martin E Stryjewski, Pablo Oscar Rodriguez

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Article in Chest, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis Patricio MaskinIntensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Section, Medicine Department, Instituto Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: pmaskin@cemic.edu.ar.
Matias H Garcia HernandezInternal Medicine, Medicine Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martin E StryjewskiInternal Medicine, Medicine Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pablo Oscar RodriguezIntensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Section, Medicine Department, Instituto Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case presentationA 31-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a recent history of generalized seizures. Three months earlier, he started with intermittent hemoptysis. CT scan showed a cavitary lung lesion in the upper segment of the right inferior lobe (RIL). Because of his job as a social worker in a high-risk population, he started treatment for Mycobacterium TB; however, the BAL culture result was negative. At the time of his current admission, he has continued taking rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and levofloxacin. He denied the use of any illicit drugs or alcohol. He had no history of smoking. One year earlier, he visited Southeast Asia, Oceania, and South Africa for several months. He reported a weight loss of 7 kg since then. Except for a recurrent oral candidiasis, he did not have a relevant medical history. His family history was notable for mother with lupus, and brother with sarcoidosis.

Indexed as

AdultAntifungal AgentsAscomycotaBrain DiseasesDiagnosis, DifferentialGranulomatous Disease, ChronicHumansImmunocompromised HostLung Diseases, FungalMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleSeizuresTomography, X-Ray ComputedAntifungal Agents

Identifiers

PMID34872678
PMCPMC8828931
OpenAlexW4200154998

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