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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Fungal spondylodiscitis: imaging findings and brief review of the literature.

Luca Cevolani, Giancarlo Facchini, Stefano Pasini, Giuseppe Bianchi

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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 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic imaging confusion in infectious spondylitis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025
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  3. Current knowledge of vertebral osteomyelitis: a review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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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.

Luca CevolaniClinica III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy luca.cevolani@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-1034
Giancarlo FacchiniDepartment of Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-7335
Stefano PasiniClinica III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5831-5430
Giuseppe BianchiClinica III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6390-9762
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 57-year-old man was admitted to our department reporting persistent low back and leg pain; this patient had undergone chemotherapy 1 year earlier for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). During chemotherapy, he exhibited bilateral pneumonia due to

Indexed as

DiscitisSpinal Cord CompressionBiopsy, NeedleHumansImage-Guided BiopsyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle Agedinfectionsmalignant disease and immunosuppressionorthopaedicsradiology

Identifiers

PMID34479880
PMCPMC8420698
OpenAlexW3197883132

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Registered trials

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