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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2018

Staphylococcal Osteomyelitis: Disease Progression, Treatment Challenges, and Future Directions.

Nicola Kavanagh, Emily J Ryan, Amro Widaa, Gillian Sexton, Jerome Fennell, Sadhbh O'Rourke, Kevin C Cahill, Cathal J Kearney, Fergal J O'Brien, Steven W Kerrigan

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 250 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
250citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
32.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

250 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 510 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nicola Kavanagh *Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Emily J Ryan *Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Amro WidaaTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Gillian SextonTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Jerome FennellDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Tallaght Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Sadhbh O'RourkeDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Tallaght Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Kevin C CahillDepartment of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Cathal J KearneyTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Fergal J O'BrienTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Steven W KerriganTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland skerrigan@rcsi.ie.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IETrinity College Dublin · IESt. James's Hospital · IETallaght University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disease that is caused by an infecting microorganism and leads to progressive bone destruction and loss. The most common causative species are the usually commensal staphylococci, with

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsDisease ProgressionHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansOsteomyelitisStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcusAnti-Bacterial Agentsantibioticjoint infectionsnonantibioticosteomyelitisStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidis

Identifiers

PMID29444953
PMCPMC5967688
OpenAlexW2786339835

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.