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ArticleCase reports in pediatrics2026

Barbara Anna Folga, Adam S Bronson, Daniel Whorf, Joyce Rabbat, Lilly Immergluck

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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Case reports in pediatrics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Barbara Anna FolgaDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago Illinois, 60637, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2740-7586
Adam S BronsonLoyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood Illinois, 60153, USA, luc.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6459-4157
Daniel WhorfDepartment of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood Illinois, 60153, USA, loyolamedicine.org.
Joyce RabbatDepartment of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood Illinois, 60153, USA, loyolamedicine.org.
Lilly ImmergluckDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago Illinois, 60637, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1344-7254

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain abscesses are local pockets of infection within the brain parenchyma, characterized by headaches, fevers, and focal neurological deficits. Here, we present a case of an eight-year-old fully vaccinated male patient who presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of intermittent generalized headache, photophobia, fatigue, and vomiting. The patient was admitted for further work-up, with subsequent imaging revealing a cerebellar mass consistent with an abscess. Cultures from the abscess fluid grew pan-sensitive

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brain abscesscase reportspecific antibody deficiencyStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID42666603
PMCPMC13522628

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