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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Multidrug-resistant Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis presenting as multiple muscle abscesses.

Vimalkumar Veerappan Kandasamy, Arun Nagabandi, Edward A Horowitz, Renuga Vivekanandan

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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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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.

Vimalkumar Veerappan KandasamyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-2621
Arun NagabandiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Edward A HorowitzDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Alegent-Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Renuga VivekanandanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Creighton University · USCHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 79-year-old Caucasian man presented with multiple leg abscesses due to Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis. He was on chronic steroid therapy for myasthenia gravis. We present the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of this rare organism. N. pseudobrasiliensis is a new emerging species that was previously thought to belong to the N. brasiliensis species. The distinction between the two species is extremely important given the different antibiotic susceptibility pattern and association of N. pseudobrasiliensis with more invasive and disseminated disease.

Indexed as

AbscessAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansLegMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNocardiaNocardia InfectionsAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID25948839
PMCPMC4434363
OpenAlexW2307233096

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