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ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2022

Amebic liver abscess by

Daisuke Usuda, Shiho Tsuge, Riki Sakurai, Kenji Kawai, Shun Matsubara, Risa Tanaka, Makoto Suzuki, Hayabusa Takano, Shintaro Shimozawa, Yuta Hotchi and 12 more

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Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Aeromonas caviae: A rare case of hepatic abscess.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2026
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  6. Barriers to liver transplantation in the Arab world.World journal of transplantation · 2025
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  12. Amebiasis in Mexico, 2014-2023.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025
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  13. Amebic Liver Abscess: An Unusual Cause of Budd-Chiari Syndrome.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2025
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  15. Parasites of the liver: A global problem?World journal of gastroenterology · 2024
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  16. Amebic liver abscess: An update.World journal of hepatology · 2024
    Review
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  20. Unusual Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain: Hepatic Amoebic Abscess.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2024
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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

22 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daisuke UsudaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan. d.usuda.qa@juntendo.ac.jp.
Shiho TsugeDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Riki SakuraiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenji KawaiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Shun MatsubaraDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Risa TanakaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto SuzukiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Hayabusa TakanoDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Shintaro ShimozawaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuta HotchiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Shungo TokunagaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Ippei OsugiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Risa KatouDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Sakurako ItoDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Kentaro MishimaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihiko KondoDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiko MizunoDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroki TakamiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Takayuki KomatsuDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Jiro ObaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomohisa NomuraDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Manabu SugitaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Nerima 177-8521, Tokyo, Japan.
Juntendo University Nerima Hospital · JPJuntendo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amebic liver abscesses (ALAs) are the most commonly encountered extraintestinal manifestation of human invasive amebiasis, which results from

Indexed as

Amebicidal drugAmebic liver abscessEntamoeba histolyticaEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayPercutaneous catheter drainagePolymerase chain reaction

Identifiers

PMID36683647
PMCPMC9851013
OpenAlexW4312200332

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Registered trials

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