Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39247236›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2024

Legionella Pneumophila Presenting as a Rare Cause of Acute Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Ryan Berenji, Sarah Faisal, Syed Ather Hussain, Asma Faisal, Hafsa Faisal

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of case reports in internal medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Ryan BerenjiGeneral Physician Cancer Care, Williamsville, USA.
Sarah FaisalJinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syed Ather HussainDepartment of Hematology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, USA.
Asma FaisalDow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hafsa FaisalDepartment of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Case description: A 53-year-old male presented with fevers, chills, a productive cough and severe haemoptysis. Blood work was remarkable for leukocytosis, severe thrombocytopenia and hyponatraemia. Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed left lower lobe lung consolidation, and a peripheral blood smear showed giant platelets consistent with ITP. Legionella urine antigen testing returned positive. He was treated with intravenous immunoglobin, steroid taper and a ten-day course of azithromycin, which led to normalisation of his platelet count and resolution of the pneumonia. Discussion: Conclusion: It is important for internists to consider LEARNING POINTS:

Indexed as

haemolytic uraemic syndromeimmune thrombocytopenic purpuraLegionella pneumophila thrombocytopeniathrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Identifiers

PMID39247236
PMCPMC11379109

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.