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ArticleCureus2024

Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Presenting as a Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) Mimic: A Case Report.

Kalendra Kunwar, Sailesh Karki, Monika Jain, Sushma Edara, James Y Rixey, Frances Schmidt

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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 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kalendra KunwarInternal Medicine, One Brooklyn Health/Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Sailesh KarkiInternal Medicine, One Brooklyn Health/Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Monika JainInternal Medicine, One Brooklyn Health/Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Sushma EdaraInternal Medicine, One Brooklyn Health/Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
James Y RixeyInternal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Frances SchmidtPulmonary Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Interfaith Medical Center · USBrookdale University Hospital and Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria can present with clinical manifestations overlapping with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). We present the case of a 55-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain, fever, confusion, dehydration, and recent travel to Nigeria. Laboratory investigations were remarkable for low hemoglobin, decreased platelets, and elevated lactate. Suspicion for TTP occurred when the patient's platelet count and hemoglobin progressively decreased along with acute kidney injury and confusion. There was an elevated ADAMTS13 antibody level and mildly reduced ADAMTS13 activity suggesting possible TTP. However,

Indexed as

adamts13anemiafalciparum malariathrombocytopeniattp

Identifiers

PMID38618444
PMCPMC11015937
OpenAlexW4392826872

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