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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

The successful treatment of a multidrug-resistant

Shokufeh Tavassoli, David Gunn, O Martin Williams, Kieren Darcy

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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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shokufeh TavassoliCornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.
David GunnCornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.
O Martin WilliamsMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
Kieren DarcyCornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Bristol Eye Hospital · GBBristol Royal Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial keratitis is a common corneal condition, with many known risk factors. We present a case of an 88-year-old female patient with a multidrug-resistant

Indexed as

Achromobacter denitrificansAdministration, OphthalmicAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsCorneal UlcerDrug Resistance, MultipleDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEye Infections, BacterialFemaleGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansKeratoplasty, PenetratingMeropenemPreoperative CareThienamycinsAnti-Bacterial AgentsMeropenemThienamycinseyeophthalmology

Identifiers

PMID30021738
PMCPMC6058154
OpenAlexW2883411719

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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.