Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35469210›Full record

ArticleIDCases2022

Brain abscess with pyogenic ventriculitis.

Nina Feinberg, Brendan Campbell, Michael Bazylewicz, William D Brown, Devika Singh, Timothy Whitman, W Kemper Alston, Adam Ulano, Benjamin Sawatzky, Andrew J Hale

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Article in IDCases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nina FeinbergCollege of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Brendan CampbellUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.
Michael BazylewiczUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
William D BrownCollege of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Devika SinghUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Timothy WhitmanUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
W Kemper AlstonUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Adam UlanoUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Benjamin SawatzkyUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Andrew J HaleUniversity of Vermont Medical Center and College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
University of Vermont Medical Center · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 57-year-old male with a large polymicrobial brain abscess complicated by eruption into the intraventricular space. He was treated with parenteral ampicillin, cefepime, and metronidazole and adjuvant intraventricular vancomycin/gentamicin as well as surgical debridement. The authors discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of brain abscesses, with a focus on prior cases with pyogenic ventriculitis and those treated with intraventricular antimicrobials.

Indexed as

Brain abscessCentral nervous system infectionIntraventricular antibioticsMeningitisVentriculitis

Identifiers

PMID35469210
PMCPMC9034299
OpenAlexW4223654211

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