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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Efficacy of colistimethate sodium as local application in necrotising fasciitis.

Sreedutt Murali, Anoop V Pillai, Riju Ramachandran

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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. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2026
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  2. Challenges in the Management of Upper Lid Keloid.Case reports in ophthalmological medicine · 2022
    Article
  3. Antibiotics in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sreedutt MuraliGeneral Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ernakulam, India.
Anoop V PillaiGeneral Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ernakulam, India.
Riju RamachandranGeneral Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ernakulam, India rijurmenon@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-5950
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive severe soft tissue infection of the deep fascia resulting in the destruction of overlying subcutaneous tissue and skin. We report the case of NF of the lower limb with a poor prognosis due to multidrug-resistant (MDR)

Indexed as

Administration, TopicalAdultColistinFasciitis, NecrotizingHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeColistincolistinmethanesulfonic aciddrug therapy related to surgeryGeneral surgeryhealth economicsinfectionswound care

Identifiers

PMID31776156
PMCPMC6887469
OpenAlexW2990590702

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Registered trials

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