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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

MRSA infection of masticatory spaces in a paediatric patient.

Anupam Singh, Komal Smriti, Sunil Nayak, Srikanth Gadicherla

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 61% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anupam SinghDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4848-218X
Komal SmritiDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Sunil NayakDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Srikanth GadicherlaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India srikanth.mds@manipal.edu.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnosis of source of maxillofacial infection in paediatric patients can be challenging due to difficulty in eliciting a proper history and multiple potential sources of infection. Identification and removal of the nidus of infection with decompression and institution of antibiotic therapy as per the culture-sensitivity report form the mainstay treatment of the infection. Deviation from it may result in persistence or even progression of infection, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. In the past decade, the incidence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

Aggressive PeriodontitisAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildClindamycinCommunity-Acquired InfectionsDental CariesFemaleHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsClindamycindentistry and oral medicineinfectious diseasesoral and maxillofacial surgery

Identifiers

PMID33568405
PMCPMC7878156
OpenAlexW3126607289

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