Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29437721›Full record

ArticleBMJ case reports2018

An intertidal mollusk found in a boy's skin abscess.

Stephen Wesley Line, Albert Khait

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephen Wesley LineWestern University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, California, USA.
Albert KhaitDepartment of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA.
Loma Linda University · USWestern University of Health Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin abscesses are commonly seen by primary care physicians in the outpatient setting. The majority of these soft tissue infections arise from penetration wounds by inanimate objects, but rarely, a living organism may present as a contributing factor. We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with an unusual skin abscess containing a chequered periwinkle marine snail (

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DrainageForeign BodiesSnailsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildClindamycinElbowHumansMaleSkin Diseases, ParasiticSoft Tissue InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClindamycindermatologypaediatrics

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PMID29437721
PMCPMC5836646
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