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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Isavuconazole Treatment of Spinal Cord Invasive Aspergillosis Guided by Cerebrospinal Fluid (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Levels in a Patient with Low Interferon-Gamma and Ulcerative Colitis.

Siobhan O'Regan, Brendan O'Kelly, Paul Reidy, Aoibhlinn O'Toole, John Caird, Cora McNally, Samuel McConkey, Eoghan De Barra

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 59% 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, 1 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Siobhan O'ReganInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-4071-9517
Brendan O'KellyInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-9367-6576
Paul ReidyInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
Aoibhlinn O'TooleGastroenterology Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
John CairdNeurosurgery Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
Cora McNallyInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
Samuel McConkeyInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
Eoghan De BarraInfectious Diseases Service, Beaumont Hospital, D09 V2N0 Dublin, Ireland.
Beaumont Hospital · IERoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case highlights the use of (1,3)-beta-d glucan to direct treatment of a cervical spinal cord Aspergillus fumigatus infection in a 22-year-old woman immunocompromised due to steroid and anti-TNF therapy in the context of ulcerative colitis and interferon gamma deficiency. A 4-year treatment course requiring neurosurgical intervention on four occasions and prolonged antifungal therapy, including isavuconazole, resulted in clinical cure with a corresponding decrease in CSF beta-d-glucan to <30 pg/mL. Serum and CSF galactomannan levels were not elevated at any point during the clinical course.

Indexed as

(1,3)-β-d-glucanCNS aspergillosisfungal CNS infectioninvasive aspergillosisisavuconazole

Identifiers

PMID35736040
PMCPMC9224947
OpenAlexW4281480122

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