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ArticleEuropean journal of rheumatology2016

Seronegative brucellosis of the spine: A case of psoas abscess secondary to brucellar spondylitis.

Gülnur Taşcı Bozbaş, Ayşe İyiyapıcı Ünübol, Gülcan Gürer

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Article in European journal of rheumatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Research hotspots and development trends ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  2. The role of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gülnur Taşcı BozbaşDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adnan Menderes, University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
Ayşe İyiyapıcı ÜnübolDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Private Medline Hospital, Aydın, Turkey.
Gülcan GürerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adnan Menderes, University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
Adnan Menderes University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucellosis is an infectious disease that affects many organ systems. Osteoarticular involvement, especially spondylitis, is the most common complication of brucellosis, but psoas abscess is very rare. Serological tests at diagnosis of the disease are very valuable and most widely used. Herein, we report a case of psoas abscess secondary to brucellar spondylitis. In this case, interestingly, the serological test results were negative, and the diagnosis could be made by abscess culture. In patients, particularly those who live in areas endemic for brucellosis, as in our case, it should be kept in mind that a negative serological test result should not exclude the diagnosis of brucellosis.

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Brucellosispsoas abscessserological testspondylitis

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PMID28149665
PMCPMC5283569
OpenAlexW2328472337

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