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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Disease of the past re-emerging in modern Australian society.

Mohammed Arif Uddin, Christopher Robson, Ravindra Dotel

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. 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

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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed Arif UddinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Blacktown Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Christopher RobsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Blacktown Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Ravindra DotelDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Blacktown Hospital, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospital · AUSouth Western Sydney Local Health District · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 28-year-old man with fever, atraumatic lower limb pain and rash was noted to have multiple areas of ecchymosis involving both lower limbs. He was anaemic and also had a grossly swollen left leg. Differential diagnoses of compartment syndrome, vascular tear, platelet and clotting factor disorders, vasculitis and myositis were ruled out. Scurvy was only considered after failing to reach a diagnosis. A dietary history revealed consumption of a restricted diet with no fresh fruits or vegetables. Diagnosis was supported by an undetectable vitamin C level in blood and a rapid improvement of symptoms on oral vitamin C replacement. Prevalence of vitamin C deficiency in developed countries is also discussed.

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Administration, OralAdultAscorbic AcidAustraliaDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleScurvyVitaminsAscorbic AcidVitaminsdietnutrition and metabolismpublic health

Identifiers

PMID31005867
PMCPMC6510146
OpenAlexW2940144116

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