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Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient - utility of skin scrape cytology in diagnosis: a case report

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 2018
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Title
Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient - utility of skin scrape cytology in diagnosis: a case report
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13256-017-1543-5
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Authors

Tummidi Santosh, Kanchan Kothari, Shruti S. Singhal, Vyoma V. Shah, Roshni Patil

Abstract

Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus predominately found in soils enriched with bird and bat excreta. Although several cases of histoplasmosis have been reported in India, diagnosis using cytology has been done in very few cases. We report here a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 46-year-old Indian man. Skin scrape cytology is a simple, safe, and rapid technique to establish the initial diagnosis, thus promoting early treatment and favorable outcome, in cutaneous fungal infections.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 3 14%
Student > Postgraduate 3 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Other 2 9%
Researcher 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 9 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 55%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 5%
Unknown 9 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 February 2018.
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#7,035,350
of 23,025,074 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#558
of 3,947 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#143,207
of 443,077 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#11
of 79 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,947 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its peers.
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