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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Spondylodiscitis Caused by

Christos Koutserimpas, Ifigeneia Chamakioti, Symeon Naoum, Konstantinos Raptis, Kalliopi Alpantaki, Diamantis P Kofteridis, George Samonis

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In one paragraph

Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. DisseminatedFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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  3. Successful Management of Spondylodiscitis Caused byJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Review
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  8. An immunocompetent host with blood-disseminatedThe Journal of international medical research · 2024
    Review
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  11. Neglected extensiveQatar medical journal · 2023
    Article
  12. Skeletal Infections Caused byDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  13. Osseous Infections Caused byDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  14. Le infezioni in medicina · 2022
    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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christos KoutserimpasDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, 115 25 Athens, Greece.
Ifigeneia ChamakiotiDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, 115 25 Athens, Greece.
Symeon NaoumDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, 115 25 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos RaptisDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "251" Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, 115 25 Athens, Greece.
Kalliopi AlpantakiDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Venizeleion" General Hospital of Heraklion, 714 09 Heraklion, Greece.
Diamantis P KofteridisDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 715 00 Heraklion, Greece.
George SamonisDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 715 00 Heraklion, Greece.
Hellenic Air Force · GRUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRThe General Hospital of Heraklion "Venizeleio-Pananio" · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpondylodiscitis caused by

methodsA thorough review of all existing spondylodiscitis cases caused by

resultsA total of 118

conclusionsSpondylodiscitis caused by

Indexed as

aspergillosisAspergillusfungal vertebral infectionfungusosseous fungal infectionspondylodiscitis

Identifiers

PMID34679596
PMCPMC8534844
OpenAlexW3206153231

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Registered trials

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