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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Brain abscess and periodontal pathogens (

Debora Franceschi, Valentina Giuliani, Veronica Giuntini, Giovanpaolo Pini Prato

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In one paragraph

Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Educational case: Brain abscess.Academic pathology · 2022
    Article
  3. Journal of dental sciences · 2021
    Article
  4. Brain abscess and periodontal pathogens (Clinical case reports · 2020
    Article
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.

Debora FranceschiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-749X
Valentina GiulianiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7824-9821
Veronica GiuntiniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7575-5008
Giovanpaolo Pini PratoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-316X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients who develop brain abscesses must be evaluated through a complete set of diagnostic tests including a microbiological and clinical periodontal assessment. A genetic comparison of the pathogens from intracranial/extracranial sites is necessary.

Indexed as

brain abscessFusobacterium Nucleatumperiodontal pathogens

Identifiers

PMID33363764
PMCPMC7752455

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