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ArticleYonsei medical journal2023

Fatal Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis due to

Kyung-Wook Hong, Jong Hwan Jeong, Jung-Hyun Byun, Sung-Hee Hong, Jung-Won Ju, In-Gyu Bae

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Article in Yonsei medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kyung-Wook HongDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-9558
Jong Hwan JeongDivision of Pulmonology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-2671
Jung-Hyun ByunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-5807
Sung-Hee HongDivision of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-7254
Jung-Won JuDivision of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-6995
In-Gyu BaeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. ttezebae@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-2271
Gyeongsang National University Hospital · KRKorea Disease Control and Prevention Agency · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, but almost always fatal, central nervous system infection caused by

Indexed as

Central Nervous System Protozoal InfectionsNaegleria fowleriAdministration, IntravenousAzithromycinHumansRepublic of KoreaAzithromycinfree-living amebaPrimary amebic meningoencephalitis

Identifiers

PMID37727924
PMCPMC10522881
OpenAlexW4386809846

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