Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40546595›Full record

ArticleCureus2025

From Tick Bite to Broken Heart: A Case of Stress Cardiomyopathy Induced by Severe Babesiosis.

Marie Yung-Chen Wu, Sokratis N Zisis, Thomas C Tsai, Palapun Waitayangkoon, Felipe Barbosa

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

5 authors.

Marie Yung-Chen WuDepartment of Internal Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, USA.
Sokratis N ZisisDepartment of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, USA.
Thomas C TsaiDepartment of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, USA.
Palapun WaitayangkoonDepartment of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, USA.
Felipe BarbosaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, MetroWest Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Babesiosis can present with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic infection to severe, life-threatening illness. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with severe babesiosis complicated by Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She presented with fever, chills, fatigue, and shortness of breath two weeks after a tick bite of unknown attachment duration. Initial testing for tick-borne illnesses, including

Indexed as

acute hypoxemic respiratory failuresevere babesiosistakosubo cardiomyopathytick-borne infectionszoonosis and public health

Identifiers

PMID40546595
PMCPMC12181990

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.