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ArticleCureus2023

Candida dubliniensis Fungemia Leading to Infective Endocarditis and Septic Pulmonary Emboli.

Abtin Jafroodifar, Ryan Thibodeau, Ernest Scalzetti

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

2 citing papers 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abtin JafroodifarRadiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA.
Ryan ThibodeauRadiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA.
Ernest ScalzettiRadiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA.
SUNY Upstate Medical University · USAlbany Medical Center Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Illicit drugs, especially those injected intravenously, are becoming increasingly more common worldwide. Individuals who use intravenous drugs often reuse or share needles which predisposes them to life-threatening infections. We present the case of a patient who was injecting intravenous drugs into her internal jugular vein, which eventually led to acutely worsening sepsis secondary to fungal infective endocarditis and bilateral septic pulmonary emboli. Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated multilobulated and spherical vegetations on the tricuspid and mitral valves, respectively. On computed tomography of the thorax, numerous cavitary lesions and ground-glass opacities were present in both lungs. Multiple hyperdense, linear structures consistent with broken needles were seen on chest radiography. It is important for radiologists to recognize the possibility of broken needles in patients with a history of intravenous drug use as astute recognition of broken needles may lead to better source control and improved outcomes.

Indexed as

broken needle fragmentscandida dubliniensiscomputed tomography (ct) imagingfungemiainfective endocarditis

Identifiers

PMID37323365
PMCPMC10266299
OpenAlexW4380871104

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Registered trials

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