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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens.

Romain Lotte, M R Popoff, Nicolas Degand, Laurene Lotte, Philippe Bouvet, Guillaume Baudin, Eric Cua, Pierre-Marie Roger, Raymond Ruimy

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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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Bone and joint infections caused by Clostridium perfringens: a case series.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2021
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  5. Discitis andBMJ 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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Romain LotteDepartment of Bacteriology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France Nice Medical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France lotte.r@chu-nice.fr.
M R PopoffCentre de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.
Nicolas DegandDepartment of Bacteriology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France.
Laurene LotteDepartment of Bacteriology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France.
Philippe BouvetCentre de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.
Guillaume BaudinDepartment of Radiology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France.
Eric CuaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France.
Pierre-Marie RogerNice Medical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France Department of Infectious Diseases, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France.
Raymond RuimyDepartment of Bacteriology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France Nice Medical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · FRInstitut Pasteur · FRUniversité Côte d'Azur · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report here a rare case of chronic lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in an elderly patient that was treated with a combination of β-lactams and clindamycin. Molecular analysis performed on the strain revealed an unusual toxin gene pattern.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Toxinsbeta-LactamsClindamycinClostridium InfectionsClostridium perfringensDiscitisFemaleGenotypeHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral Disc DisplacementMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPolymerase Chain ReactionSpineAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Toxinsbeta-LactamsClindamycin

Identifiers

PMID25056327
PMCPMC4187755
OpenAlexW1999594558

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