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ArticleSurgical neurology international2019

Yu Shimizu, Katsuhiro Tsuchiya, Hironori Fujisawa

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2019. 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
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Isolated Cerebellar Abscess byAsian journal of neurosurgery · 2026
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  2. Cerebral Abscess Infected byInfection and drug resistance · 2023
    Article
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu ShimizuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Katsuhiro TsuchiyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hironori FujisawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kanazawa Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNocardia species are ubiquitous in nature and mainly cause pulmonary disease in humans; however, they can also infect the central nervous system and skin. The management of cerebellar nocardiosis is troublesome and requires multiple considerations of the severity of the underlying systemic disease, difficulties in identifying the bacterium, and frequent delay in initiating adequate therapy. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a 52-year-old diabetic female patient with

conclusionAccording to the literature, surgical excision or aspiration of cerebellar abscess seems to provide favorable outcomes. In our experience, a successful outcome was achieved with subtotal resection and prolonged adequate antibiotic therapy.

Indexed as

brain abscessCerebellar abscessGrocott stainNocardia infectionNocardia paucivoranssurgery

Identifiers

PMID31123629
PMCPMC6416759
OpenAlexW2915494615

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Registered trials

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