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ArticleCurrent fungal infection reports2024

Sarah Rhoads, James Maloney, Aditya Mantha, Reed Van Hook, Andrés F Henao-Martínez

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Article in Current fungal infection reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Global trends, risk factors, and therapeutic associations of fungal pulmonary infections in lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Prophylaxis Regimens forJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  7. Clinical characteristics ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  11. Post-COVID-19 severeThe Journal of international medical research · 2025
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  13. Expanding the Discussion on Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Non-HIV Immunocompromised Adults.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
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  14. Journal of global infectious diseases
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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

5 authors.

Sarah RhoadsDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA.
James MaloneyDivision of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA.
Aditya ManthaSchool of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA.
Reed Van HookSchool of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA.
Andrés F Henao-MartínezDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 E. 19Th Avenue, Mail Stop B168, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Funding

CTSA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR025780 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2008 to 2011
$61.3M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: Recent Findings: In non-HIV cases, PJP has a mortality rate of up to 50%, which is unacceptable despite the presence of safe and effective prophylaxis and therapy. Steroid use is one of the most common risk factors for disease development. New data suggests that lower doses of the preferred treatment regimen, TMP-SMX, may be equally effective for treatment while limiting side effects. While commonly used, the benefit of corticosteroids for the treatment of PJP has recently been called into question, with a recent multicenter cohort demonstrating no benefit among solid organ transplant recipients. Summary: A high suspicion of PJP in individuals with pneumonia during immunosuppressant use is crucial. Therapeutic options are evolving to decrease potential side effects while maintaining efficacy in this highly morbid disease.

Indexed as

HIV-negativeNon-transplant patientsPneumocystisPneumocystis jiroveciiPneumonia

Identifiers

PMID38948111
PMCPMC11213562

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