Case Report:

Yiwei Chen, Dacheng Tian, Yixuan Bai, Jinhui Xu, Shuaichun Liu, Yanwen Wang, Xingfang Li

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Article in Frontiers in medical technology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yiwei ChenSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Dacheng TianSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Yixuan BaiSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Jinhui XuDepartment of Pulmonology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Shuaichun LiuRespiratory Department, Wuwei Liangzhou Hospital, Wuwei, Gansu, China.

Yanwen WangSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Xingfang LiDepartment of Pulmonology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Case description: A 67-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented with a 4-day history of persistent high-grade fever and altered mental status. Initial empirical antibiotic therapy (meropenem) proved ineffective.Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) definitively identified Conclusion: This case underscores the critical role of mNGS in the aetiological diagnosis of central nervous system infections, especially when conventional methods are inconclusive. It highlights the need for a high index of suspicion for listeriosis in elderly patients with comorbidities presenting with unexplained fever and neurological decline.

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case reportchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)listeria monocytogenesmeningitismetagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)

Identifiers

PMID42358428

DOI10.3389/fmedt.2026.1801483

PMCPMC13291073

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