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ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2022

Rickettsiosis with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Rickettsiosis in Italy.

Cristoforo Guccione, Raffaella Rubino, Claudia Colomba, Antonio Anastasia, Valentina Caputo, Chiara Iaria, Antonio Cascio

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Review in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cristoforo GuccioneDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Raffaella RubinoInfectious and Tropical Disease Unit, AOU Policlinico "P. Giaccone", 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Claudia ColombaDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Antonio AnastasiaDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Valentina CaputoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Chiara IariaInfectious and Tropical Disease Unit-ARNAS Civico, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Antonio CascioDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1992-1796
University of Palermo · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo · ITAzienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMotivated by a case finding of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) associated with atypical pneumonia and pleural effusion in which

methodsFor the literature search, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology was followed. We chose to select only the studies published in last 25 years and confirmed both with serological and molecular assays.

resultsHuman cases of rickettsiosis in Italy were reported in 48 papers describing 2831 patients with very different clinical presentations; the majority was MSF accounted to

conclusionsMSF, especially when caused by

Indexed as

anaplasmosisItalyMediterranean spotted feverpleural effusionRickettsiaRickettsialesrickettsiosisTIBOLA

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PMID35051127
PMCPMC8777742
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