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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Asymptomatic pyogenic liver abscesses secondary to

Hamish Houston, Kartik Kumar, Salman Sajid

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  2. Case reports in infectious diseases · 2022
    Article
  3. BMJ case reports · 2021
    Article
  4. Cryptogenic Pyogenic Liver Abscess Due toEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2020
    Article
  5. Germs · 2019
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamish HoustonNorth Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
Kartik KumarNorth Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
Salman SajidNorth Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 66-year-old male patient presented with symptoms and signs of L4/5 radiculopathy. He was found to be anaemic with elevated inflammatory markers and deranged hepatic enzymes. Imaging revealed lumbar canal stenosis and the presence of pyogenic liver abscesses from which

Indexed as

ImmunocompetenceSpinal StenosisAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsDiagnosis, DifferentialFusobacterium InfectionsFusobacterium nucleatumHumansLiver Abscess, PyogenicLumbar VertebraeMaleStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcusAnti-Bacterial AgentsHepatitis And Other Gi InfectionsLiver DiseaseTropical Medicine (infectious Disease)

Identifiers

PMID28942408
PMCPMC5747695
OpenAlexW2759170883

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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