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ReviewCureus2024

Fungal Malignant Otitis Externa: A Systematic Review.

Giorgos Sideris, Dioni-Pinelopi Petsiou, Melina Kourklidou, Nikolaos Papadimitriou, Petros V Vlastarakos, Sotirios Karamagkiolas, Ioannis Margaris, Thomas Nikolopoulos, Alexander Delides

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Fungal necrotizing otitis externa; challenges in diagnosis and therapy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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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

9 authors.

Giorgos Sideris2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Dioni-Pinelopi Petsiou2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Melina Kourklidou2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos Papadimitriou2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Petros V Vlastarakos2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Sotirios Karamagkiolas2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Ioannis Margaris4th Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Thomas Nikolopoulos2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Alexander Delides2nd ENT Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a rare but serious condition primarily caused by

Indexed as

fungal malignant otitis externafungimalignant otitis externanecrotising otitis externaskull base osteomyelitis

Identifiers

PMID39534824
PMCPMC11555462

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