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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2021

A case of meningitis due to

Mehdi Borni, Mohammed Znazen, Fatma Chaker Borni, Mohamed Zaher Boudawara

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Retraction: a case of meningitis due toThe Pan African medical journal · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mehdi BorniDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia.
Mohammed ZnazenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia.
Fatma Chaker BorniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Center Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisia.
Mohamed Zaher BoudawaraDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia.
Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba · TNHopital Universitaire Hedi Chaker · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achromobacter xylosoxidans (AX), also called alcaligenes xylosoxidans, is an aerobic, non-fermenting mobile, gram-negative bacillus which was first isolated in an otorrhea samples in 1971. Infections with these species are quite rare and have often been described in immunocompromised and in premature infants. However, very few cases of meningitis related to AX have been reported in the literature. The authors report a new case of meningitis due to AX in a 45-day-old female infant with polymarformative syndrome meningitis was confirmed by a cyto-biochemical analysis and culture of the cerebrospinal fluid and was treated by antibiotherapy. Hydrocephalus was managed initially with external ventricular drainage followed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt after rigorous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sterilization, with good clinical and radiological outcomes. The prompt and adequate antibiotic adjustment following bacterial isolation has been shown to rapidly modify the clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleAchromobacter denitrificansAnti-Bacterial AgentsFemaleGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansHydrocephalusInfantMeningitis, BacterialSyndromeAnti-Bacterial AgentsAchromobacter xylosoxidansantibioticscase reportmeningitis

Identifiers

PMID34527140
PMCPMC8418177
OpenAlexW3170295584

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