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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Delayed diagnosis of chronic postoperative sternal infection: a rare case of sternal tuberculosis.

Victoria Rizzo, Yousuf Salmasi, Michael Hunter, Pushpinder Sidhu

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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. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Infectious disease reports · 2022
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  3. Sternal Tuberculosis: Case Series of Two Cases.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria RizzoCardiothoracic Surgery, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-8892
Yousuf SalmasiCardiothoracic Surgery, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Michael HunterInfectious Disease Unit, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Pushpinder SidhuCardiothoracic Surgery, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sternal osteomyelitis secondary to mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is rare, with <1% of musculoskeletal TB cases reported. The recurrent scenario is unresolving infection and delayed diagnosis. A 75-year-old woman presented with a persistently discharging sternal wound 10 months after coronary artery bypass grafting. Multiple antibiotics, wound debridement and removal of sternal wires was attempted; however, progression to local osteomyelitis and sternoclavicular joint destruction occurred. Tissue biopsies were finally sent for mycobacterial culture testing positive for

Indexed as

AgedAntitubercular AgentsBiopsyCardiopulmonary BypassDebridementDelayed DiagnosisHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisOsteomyelitisSternumSurgical Wound InfectionTomography, X-Ray ComputedTuberculosis, OsteoarticularUltrasonographyAntitubercular Agentsbone and joint infectionscardiothoracic surgeryinfectionsinfectious diseases

Identifiers

PMID29507030
PMCPMC5847847
OpenAlexW2790742925

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