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ArticleBMJ case reports2013

Pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridium difficile as a cause of perineal necrotising fasciitis.

Thibault Duburcq, Erika Parmentier-Decrucq, Julien Poissy, Daniel Mathieu

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thibault DuburcqService d'Urgence Respiratoire, Réanimation Médicale et Medecine Hyperbare, Université de Lille II et Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.
Erika Parmentier-Decrucq
Julien Poissy
Daniel Mathieu
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille · FRUniversité de Lille · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although rare, pseudomembranous colitis may be a cause of perineal necrotising fasciitis in a context of immunosuppression, as in the case we report. This origin must be quickly identified because the therapeutic management, especially surgery, is unlikely to be the same as usual. Similarly, antibiotic treatment is also a matter of discussion due to the potential deleterious role of antibiotics in pseudomembranous colitis.

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileButtocksEnterocolitis, PseudomembranousFasciitis, NecrotizingFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPerineumShock, SepticVulva

Identifiers

PMID23345501
PMCPMC3604471
OpenAlexW1979480685

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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