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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Invasive pneumococcal disease: a diagnostic challenge due to multiple portals of causative bacteria.

Yoshinori Tokushima, Masaki Tago, Midori Tokushima, Shu-Ichi Yamashita

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yoshinori Tokushima *Department of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan.
Masaki Tago *Department of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan tagomas@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-1834
Midori TokushimaDepartment of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan.
Shu-Ichi YamashitaDepartment of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital because of fever, painful swelling in upper jaw, back pain and dysuria. She was in shock and physical examinations revealed tenderness on maxillary sinus, cellulitis in the right foot, hypoesthesia in both lower extremities and groin, mild weakness in both lower extremities, and bladder and rectal dysfunctions. Blood examination showed elevated white cell count and C reactive protein, and urinalysis revealed urinary tract infection. Spinal MRI detected spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess. After detection of

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DiscitisEpidural AbscessPneumococcal InfectionsSpondylitisFemaleHumansMiddle AgedStreptococcus pneumoniaeear, nose and throat/otolaryngologyinfectious diseasesurinary tract infections

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PMID34011643
PMCPMC8137203

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