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ArticleCureus2022

Intestinal Spirochetes Associated With Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection.

Olivier Van Houtte, Gabrielle Perrotti, Lindsey Gade, Amanda S Ayers, Robert Lewis

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Olivier Van HoutteColorectal Surgery, Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, USA.
Gabrielle PerrottiGeneral Surgery, Jefferson-Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, USA.
Lindsey GadeColorectal Surgery, St. Francis Hospital - Trinity Health of New England, Hartford, USA.
Amanda S AyersColorectal Surgery, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, USA.
Robert LewisColorectal Surgery, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, USA.
Hartford Financial Services (United States)Abington Memorial Hospital · USCheshire Medical Center · USTrinity Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 60-year-old, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative, homosexual male presented to our colorectal clinic with abdominal pain for three weeks followed by persistent watery diarrhea refractory to loperamide. He had no history of recent travel, no known infectious contacts, and his last colonoscopy nine years prior was within normal limits. After one episode of hematochezia, computed tomography of the abdomen/pelvis was performed demonstrating colitis and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related changes to the lung bases. Testing confirmed COVID-19 infection which was self-limited. The initial workup for infectious colitis was negative. Colonoscopy revealed no evidence of gross colitis. Histopathology demonstrated microscopic colitis with spirochete colonization of the intestinal epithelium. A course of metronidazole led to the resolution of the patient's symptoms. Intestinal spirochetosis has been described as a rare source of colitis caused by the organism

Indexed as

covid-19human intestinal spirochetosisinfectious colitisinfectious diarrheaopportunist infections in hiv

Identifiers

PMID36039244
PMCPMC9401635
OpenAlexW4287577994

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