Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39906440›Full record

ArticleCureus2025

Diagnosis and Management of Silicotuberculosis in Resource-Limited East Africa.

Jacob T Harris, Kaleb Ward, Alexandra Winski, Emmanuel Elisha, Mlungwana G Lukwaro, Zablon Muterian, Kei Nagatomo, Catherine Wagner, Priya Radhakrishnan

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2025. 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

9 authors.

Jacob T HarrisInternal Medicine, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.
Kaleb WardFamily Medicine, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.
Alexandra WinskiInternal Medicine, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.
Emmanuel ElishaInternal Medicine, Oltrumet Hospital, Arusha, TZA.
Mlungwana G LukwaroInternal Medicine, Oltrumet Hospital, Arusha, TZA.
Zablon MuterianInternal Medicine, Oltrumet Hospital, Arusha, TZA.
Kei NagatomoGeneral Surgery, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.
Catherine WagnerAcademic Affairs, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.
Priya RadhakrishnanInternal Medicine and Academic Affairs, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 41-year-old East African man with a history of previously treated tuberculosis (TB) presented with hemoptysis, dyspnea, night sweats, and fatigue. He was treated for assumed silicotuberculosis (ST) and made a good recovery. The diagnosis of ST is challenging and requires thorough evaluation due to its overlapping clinical and radiological features with pulmonary TB and silicosis. Its diagnosis and treatment in resource-limited areas is especially complicated and nuanced. Understanding the effects of resource limitation on the diagnosis and treatment of ST can help the medical community address the medical care gap often present in these areas of the world since the region's limited access to advanced diagnostic tools and treatment options exacerbates the burden of the disease.

Indexed as

global healthpublic healthsilicotuberculosissilicotuberculosis and silicosissilicotuberculosis and tuberculosissilicotuberculosis diagnosissilicotuberculosis in east africasilicotuberculosis in resource-limited areassilicotuberculosis treatment

Identifiers

PMID39906440
PMCPMC11793831

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.