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ArticleCureus2021

Rapidly Progressive Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis in a Diabetic Individual.

Anish C Paudel, Nitin Patel, Jonathan Quang, Courtney Casella, Adam Sigal, Prem Parajuli, Olubunmi Oladunjoye, Ibiyemi O Oke, Suravi Khanal, Kristina Bhattarai

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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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The first reported case ofFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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  3. Concentrations of PGEPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Anish C PaudelInternal Medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Nitin PatelInfectious Disease, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Jonathan QuangEmergency Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, USA.
Courtney CasellaEmergency Medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Adam SigalEmergency Medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Prem ParajuliInternal Medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Olubunmi OladunjoyeInternal medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Ibiyemi O OkeInternal Medicine, The Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Suravi KhanalInternal Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, NPL.
Kristina BhattaraiInternal Medicine, Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu, NPL.
Reading Hospital · USManipal College of Medical Sciences · NPUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · USKathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital · NPNepal Medical College Teaching Hospital · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of rapidly progressive granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by

Indexed as

amoebic encephalitisbalamuthia mandrillarisfree-living amoebagranulomatous amoebic encephalitisring-enhancing lesions

Identifiers

PMID34909298
PMCPMC8653863
OpenAlexW3214100819

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