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ArticleCureus2021

Corynebacterium Bovis: A Rare Case of Persistent Bacterial Keratitis and Corneal Perforation.

Mohammed Elsheikh, Ahmed Elsayed, Nicholas Bennett, Martin Connor

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Clinical case reports · 2025
    Article
  3. Rare finding ofSkin health and disease · 2025
    Article
  4. 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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammed ElsheikhOphthalmology, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries, GBR.
Ahmed ElsayedOphthalmology, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries, GBR.
Nicholas BennettOphthalmology, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries, GBR.
Martin ConnorMicrobiology, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries, GBR.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a rare case of severe, non-contact lens-related

Indexed as

corneacorneal infectioncorneal perforationcorynebacterium bovismicrobial keratitis

Identifiers

PMID34513486
PMCPMC8412843
OpenAlexW3192200856

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Registered trials

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