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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2024

Unilateral renal fungus ball caused by

Katrina J Villegas, Nagihan Orhun, Sebastian Vera Garces, Sacide S Ozgur, Patrick Michael, Ali Zahran, Daniel Rabinowitz

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

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Katrina J VillegasSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.
Nagihan OrhunSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.
Sebastian Vera GarcesSt. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.
Sacide S OzgurSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.
Patrick MichaelSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.
Ali ZahranSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Infectious Disease, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.
Daniel RabinowitzSt. Joseph's University Medical Center, Department of Urology, 703 Main St, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 46-year-old diabetic woman with unilateral renal fungus ball was successfully treated with antifungal therapy, endoscopic extraction and ureteral stent placement. The patient was initially treated for a right staghorn calculus, thereafter developed urinary symptoms. Imaging revealed distal left ureter filling defects and a previous stent at the ureteropelvic junction. Urine culture confirmed

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CandidaFungus ballNephrolithiasisUrinary tract infection

Identifiers

PMID38681664
PMCPMC11047787

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