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ArticleCureus2021

An Unusual Case of Subacute Appendicitis and Intestinal Spirochetosis.

Eman Chaudhri, Abdul Hakim Almakadma, Sami Almustanyir, Abdulaziz Taleb, Nawaf Alotaibi

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eman ChaudhriMedicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
Abdul Hakim AlmakadmaMedicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
Sami AlmustanyirInternal Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAU.
Abdulaziz TalebGastroenterology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Nawaf AlotaibiGastroenterology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Alfaisal University · SAMinistry of Health · SAKing Fahd Medical City · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal spirochetosis is a gastrointestinal infection with vague and inconsistent symptoms. It similarly presents multiple gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and appendicitis. We present a case of a 27-year-old female with intestinal spirochetosis who was later found to have subacute appendicitis. Further understanding of the disease and a set of criteria may have to be created for its management.

Indexed as

appendicitisgastrointestinal infectionintestinal spirochetosisirritable bowel diseaserlq pain

Identifiers

PMID34540517
PMCPMC8448259
OpenAlexW3199703359

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