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ArticleCureus2021

Multidisciplinary Management of Legionella Disease in Immunocompromised Patients.

Andrew S Kao, Stephanie Myer, Madappuli Wickrama, Rana Ismail, Malitha Hettiarachchi

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

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

  1. Pooled it
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew S KaoInternal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
Stephanie MyerInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Madappuli WickramaInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Rana IsmailMedicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Malitha HettiarachchiInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Detroit Medical Center · USWayne State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Legionella pneumonia is a gram-negative bacterial infection commonly associated with aerosol transmission from contaminated water sources. Impaired immunity leads to delayed clearance of infection and further predisposes individuals with Legionella pneumonia at risk of developing complications. We present a case report on a renal transplant patient with comorbid cardiac and renal dysfunction who developed community-acquired Legionella pneumonia. The case emphasizes the importance of adopting a multidisciplinary approach when managing Legionella infection in patients with multiple comorbidities and immunosuppressive states.

Indexed as

comorbiditiesimmunocompromisekidney transplantlegionella pneumoniamultidisciplinary care

Identifiers

PMID34873543
PMCPMC8638927
OpenAlexW3208569717

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Registered trials

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