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ArticleThe open rheumatology journal2013

A case of erosive polyarthritis in a patient diagnosed with a suspicion of atypical mycobacteria.

Hani Almoallim, Laila Alharbi, Zainab Alshareef, Ghassan Wali

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Article in The open rheumatology journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hani AlmoallimDepartment of Medicine, Medical College, Umm Alqura University, Saudia Arabia ; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudia Arabia ; Alzaidi Chair of Research in Rheumatic Diseases, Umm Alqura University, Saudia Arabia.
Laila Alharbi
Zainab Alshareef
Ghassan Wali
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this report, we introduce a case of erosive polyarthritis in a 55-year-old female diagnosed with Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection. Her arthritis has been worsened after use of DMARDs. The patient demonstrated a significant response to the antimicrobial regimen that was administered. We call special attention to the possibility of Mycobacterium abscessus being a cause of reactive polyarthritis, particularly if symptoms worsened after use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), but further studies are necessary for clarification.

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Mycobacterium abscessuspolyarthritis.rheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID24039641
PMCPMC3771237
OpenAlexW2134327738

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