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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Pathogenic potential of

Anitha Gunalan, Rakhi Biswas, Balamurugan Sridharan, Thirthar Palanivelu Elamurugan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Anitha GunalanMicrobiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Rakhi BiswasMicrobiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India dr.rakhibiswas@gmail.com.
Balamurugan SridharanGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Thirthar Palanivelu ElamuruganGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Splenic abscess is a rare entity, however if unrecognised or left untreated, it is invariably fatal. We herein report a case of splenic abscess in a 40-year-old man presenting with fever, left-sided abdominal pain, altered sensorium and vomiting. On clinical examination, hepatosplenomegaly was noted and the ultrasound of the abdomen showed multiple hypoechoic regions in the upper pole of spleen, and the diagnosis of splenic abscess was made. The patient received antimicrobial therapy and underwent an open splenectomy with full recovery. Pus aspirated from the splenic abscess grew an unusual organism named

Indexed as

AbscessAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteroidetesDrug Therapy, CombinationGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansMaleSplenectomySplenic DiseasesAnti-Bacterial Agentsgastrointestinal surgerygastrointestinal systeminfection (gastroenterology)

Identifiers

PMID33318274
PMCPMC7737074
OpenAlexW3111327997

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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.