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ArticleIDCases2023

A case of viral meningitis due to Varicella Zoster virus infection in a young adult male.

Nazary Nebeluk, Robert Lukin, Talal Alkayali, Rohit Talwani

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Article in IDCases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

1 citing paper 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nazary NebelukDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Robert LukinDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Talal AlkayaliDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Rohit TalwaniDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 36-year-old male with headaches was empirically treated for herpes simplex virus meningitis; CSF PCR testing later confirmed varicella zoster virus meningitis. Valacyclovir was increased to 2 g QID for remaining duration of therapy with full recovery. This case highlights the importance of comprehensive testing and proper treatment adjustment for rarer etiologies of aseptic meningitis.

Indexed as

ValacyclovirVaricella Zoster virusViral meningitis

Identifiers

PMID37786647
PMCPMC10542008
OpenAlexW4387124783

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Registered trials

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