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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum.

Lars F Westblade, Farah Shams, Scott Duong, Oosman Tariq, Alan Bulbin, Dava Klirsfeld, Wei Zhen, Smita Sakaria, Bradley A Ford, Carey-Ann D Burnham and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antimicrobial treatment of Corynebacterium striatum invasive infections: a systematic review.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2021
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  7. Safety Evaluation of Individual Pillboxes to Control Cross-Contamination in the Drug Circuit in Hospitals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  8. Monomicrobial bone and joint infection due to Corynebacterium striatum: literature review and amoxicillin-rifampin combination as treatment perspective.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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  9. Diphtheroids-Important Nosocomial Pathogens.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016
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  12. Retrospective evaluation of the clinical characteristics associated with Corynebacterium species bacteremia.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Lars F WestbladeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, USA.
Farah Shams
Scott Duong
Oosman Tariq
Alan Bulbin
Dava Klirsfeld
Wei Zhen
Smita Sakaria
Bradley A Ford
Carey-Ann D Burnham
Christine C Ginocchio
Infectious Disease Consultants · USHofstra University · USChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta · USLong Island Jewish Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum, a rare and unusual cause of septic arthritis of native joints. The isolate was identified by a combination of phenotypic, mass spectrometric, and nucleic acid-based assays and exhibited high-level resistance to most antimicrobials.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overArthritis, InfectiousCorynebacteriumCorynebacterium InfectionsHumansKnee JointMale

Identifiers

PMID24574280
PMCPMC3993712
OpenAlexW2166679195

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