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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Skull base osteomyelitis by

Ninad Ramesh Patil, Manjul Tripathi, Kshitij Charaya, Archana Angrup, Chirag Ahuja, Sandeep Mohindra

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical Features and Surgical Outcomes in Patients With Central Skull Base Osteomyelitis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  2. Review
  3. Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  4. Review
  5. Sepsis Due toInfection and drug resistance · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ninad Ramesh PatilDepartment of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Manjul TripathiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Kshitij CharayaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Indus Hospital, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India.
Archana AngrupDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Chirag AhujaDepartment of Neuroradiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sandeep MohindraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INIndus Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCASE DESCRIPTION: A 67-year-old male presented with complaints of earache and hearing deficit for few months. The radiology was suggestive of skull base osteomyelitis and polypoidal soft tissue extending from the middle cranial fossa to the infratemporal fossa. The sample from the targeted area revealed

conclusionWe report a rare opportunistic infection with central nervous system involvement which can be cured by accurate diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic treatment.

Indexed as

Cystic fibrosisInfectionMatrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometryPandoraea apistaPCR

Identifiers

PMID34621562
PMCPMC8492433
OpenAlexW3198211735

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