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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Osteomyelitis, discitis, epidural and psoas abscess secondary to Salmonella enterica in a man with diabetes mellitus and newly diagnosed α-thalassaemia trait.

Helen Farrar, Aoife Abbey, Vinod Patel, Rajiv Nair

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Helen FarrarDepartment of Diabetes & Edocrinology, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK.
Aoife AbbeyDepartment of Diabetes & Edocrinology, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK.
Vinod PatelDepartment of Diabetes & Edocrinology, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK.
Rajiv NairDepartment of Diabetes & Edocrinology, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK.
George Eliot Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the case of a 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and α-thalassaemia trait. Investigations for relapsing and remitting fever found vertebral osteomyelitis, discitis and epidural and psoas abscess secondary to Salmonella enterica.

Indexed as

Agedalpha-ThalassemiaAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DiscitisErtapenemHumansLaminectomyMaleMeropenemOsteomyelitisPsoas AbscessSalmonella entericaThienamycinsTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsErtapenemMeropenemThienamycins

Identifiers

PMID25608980
PMCPMC4307094
OpenAlexW2326998416

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