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ArticleIranian journal of microbiology2021

The piriformis abscess: a case-based review.

Mohammadreza Salehi, Fereshteh Ghiasvand, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi, Mohammad Zarei, Niloofar Ayoobi Yazdi, Neda Alijani, Mehdi Qaempanah, Simin Seyedpour

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Article in Iranian journal of microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mohammadreza SalehiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fereshteh GhiasvandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Liver Transplantation Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi FeizabadiDepartment of Microbiology, Thoracic Research Center, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad ZareiJoint Reconstruction Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Niloofar Ayoobi YazdiDepartment of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Neda AlijaniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi QaempanahDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Simin SeyedpourDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports a 43 years-old man diagnosed with piriformis pyomyositis. A literature review was conducted by searching MEDLINE via Pubmed for English language case reports, published from 8

Indexed as

AbscessBacterial infectionPelvic painPiriformis muscle syndromeStaphylococcal infections

Identifiers

PMID34540162
PMCPMC8408021

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