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ArticleCureus2024

Unusual Presentation of Corynebacterium Endocarditis in a Patient Without Conventional Risk Factors: A Case Report.

Abbas Mohammadi, Dima Youssef, Ashkan Mohammadi

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2025
    Article
  4. Thrombocytopenia in Sepsis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
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 1 institution in 2 countries.

Abbas MohammadiInternal Medicine, Valley Health System, Las Vegas, USA.
Dima YoussefInternal Medicine, Valley Health System, Las Vegas, USA.
Ashkan MohammadiMedicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ITA.
Valley Health System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a widespread condition marked by the infection of native or prosthetic heart valves, the endocardial surface, or an indwelling cardiac device. While native-valve IE is uncommon, patients with IE represent a diverse spectrum. Some respond well to treatment with few complications, while others face severe complications and an increased risk of mortality. Various factors contribute to this outcome, including delayed diagnosis, underlying health conditions like immunocompromised status or chronic diseases, and intravenous drug use. The most prevalent causes of IE are typically streptococci and staphylococci. IE attributed to

Indexed as

corynebacterium stratuminfective endocarditismitral valve endocarditismultidisciplinary managementpancytopeniarare cardiac infections

Identifiers

PMID38544627
PMCPMC10972612
OpenAlexW4392151352

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Registered trials

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