Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37722895›Full record

ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2024

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Hokkaido: A Case Series.

Monami Tarisawa, Takahiro Kano, Tomoki Ishimaru, Taichi Nomura, Keiichi Mizushima, Kazuhiro Horiuchi, Ikuko Iwata, Shigehisa Ura, Naoya Minami, Hideki Hozen and 1 more

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Monami TarisawaDepartment of Neurology, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Japan.
Takahiro KanoDepartment of Neurology, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Japan.
Tomoki IshimaruDepartment of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Japan.
Taichi NomuraDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Japan.
Keiichi MizushimaDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
Kazuhiro HoriuchiDepartment of Neurology, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan.
Ikuko IwataDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
Shigehisa UraDepartment of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Japan.
Naoya MinamiDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Japan.
Hideki HozenDepartment of Neurology, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Japan.
Ichiro YabeDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
Hokkaido University · JPJapanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital · JPNational Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center · JPObihiro Kosei General Hospital · JPHakodate National Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed the medical histories, examination results, treatments, and prognoses of nine patients with cryptococcal meningitis who were diagnosed and treated at Hokkaido University Hospital and its affiliated hospitals over the past 10 years. Cryptococcal meningitis can develop even in immunocompetent hosts, and its prognosis is poor owing to diagnostic difficulties and delayed treatment. Although liposomal amphotericin B and oral 5-fluorocytosine are standard therapies, voriconazole or intraventricular administration of amphotericin B may also be considered treatment options for refractory patients. Some patients develop delayed exacerbations owing to immunological mechanisms that require steroid therapy.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsMeningitis, CryptococcalAdultAgedAmphotericin BFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesVoriconazoleAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsVoriconazolecase seriescryptococcal meningitiscryptococcusHIV-negativeHokkaidoJapan

Identifiers

PMID37722895
PMCPMC11116010
OpenAlexW4386729542

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.