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ArticleCureus2019

Frightening" Resistant Clostridial Myonecrosis: A Case Report.

Syed Adeel Hassan, Ali Akhtar, Maham Khan, Fahad N Sheikh, Hannan Asghar

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. A Rare Case of Gas Gangrene after Upper Limb Fracture.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Syed Adeel HassanInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Ali AkhtarInternal Medicine, Pakistan Air Force Hospital, Islamabad, PAK.
Maham KhanRadiology, Armed Forces Institute of Radiology and Imaging, Islamabad, PAK.
Fahad N SheikhMedicine, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, PAK.
Hannan AsgharInternal Medicine, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, PAK.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology · PKRawalpindi Medical University · PKDow University of Health Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridial myonecrosis is a diffuse necrotizing infection of deep soft tissues. It is known for its acute, rapid progression, poor prognosis, and high mortality. We report a case of traumatic clostridial myonecrosis, a 17-year-old, previously healthy female reported to our department with the complaint of pain in her left arm a week after she suffered a fall from her chair on to her left arm. Due to the injury sustained in the incident, under suspicion of a forearm fracture, a cast was applied to her left arm at a local polyclinic. However, after a few days, she reported unbearable pain, which led to the removal of the cast, and that is when diffuse crepitations due to gaseous accumulation were noted in her entire left upper limb. A week later, X-ray studies failed to reveal any fracture or abnormality. The patient was started on broadspectrum antibiotic coverage with intravenous (IV) benzylpenicillin, rifampicin, and clindamycin for a considerable period of time, but there was no improvement in her condition and the infection continued to spread into adjacent soft tissues, requiring intervention with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Indexed as

alpha toxinanaerobic infectionclostridium bifermentansclostridium perfringensclostridium sordellicrepitationsgas gangrenehyperbaric oxygenmyonecrosistraumatic infection

Identifiers

PMID31263647
PMCPMC6592470
OpenAlexW2941329041

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