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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2026

Unmasking

Moamen Al Zoubi, Garry Jean-Louis, Kelly Sylvain, Cara Moll, Alison Schwartz VanEperen, Ammar Nasrallah, Amanda Carlson, Julie Duval, Norah Grady Letendre

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. UnmaskingCase reports in infectious diseases · 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.

Moamen Al ZoubiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7471-5522
Garry Jean-LouisDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Kelly SylvainDepartment of Pharmacy, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Cara MollDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Alison Schwartz VanEperenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Ammar NasrallahDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Amanda CarlsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Julie DuvalDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.
Norah Grady LetendreDepartment of Infectious Diseases, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, ssmhealth.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Balamuthia mandrillarisbrain abscessfree-living amoebagranulomatous amoebic encephalitisimmunocompetent hostPCR diagnosisrare CNS infectionring-enhancing lesion

Identifiers

PMID42255986
PMCPMC13239223

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Registered trials

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