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ArticleClinical case reports2021

From prostate to the pons: The first reported case of multi-organ septic emboli and brain empyema from an untreated prostate abscess.

Tyler Degener, Samantha Quon, Paul Holtom, Eric Hsieh

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tyler DegenerKeck Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.
Samantha QuonKeck Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.
Paul HoltomKeck Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.
Eric HsiehKeck Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3704-9436
University of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate abscesses in developed countries are becoming increasingly less common. Left untreated these abscesses can lead to numerous complications, including some which are very rare.

Indexed as

prostate abscessseptic emboli

Identifiers

PMID34786192
PMCPMC8578817
OpenAlexW3214255374

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