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ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2011

A case of acute cholecystitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompromised patient.

Joseph Kim, Daniel B Gregson, Deirdre L Church

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Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Staphylococcal Gangrenous Cholecystitis: A Case Report.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2026
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  4. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia from a biliary source.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020
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  5. Persistent bacteraemia caused byBMJ case reports · 2017
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joseph KimDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine;
Daniel B Gregson
Deirdre L Church
University of Calgary · CAOffice of Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although infections with Staphylococcus aureus can implicate multiple organ systems, involvement of the biliary tract is rare. A case of acute cholecystitis and bacteremia with methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) in a patient with HIV infection is presented. The MRSA isolate was found to be a community-associated strain. The present case highlights the invasive nature of staphylococcal infections and the emerging importance of community-associated MRSA strains.

Indexed as

CholecystitisHematogenous seedingHIVMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID22379489
PMCPMC3076155
OpenAlexW138066635

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Registered trials

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