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ArticleCureus2022

Prosthetic Knee Joint Infection by Brucella melitensis.

Vasileios Athanasiou, Spyridon Papagiannis, George Sinos, Alexandra Lekkou

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Frontiers in surgery · 2026
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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.

Vasileios AthanasiouOrthopaedics and Traumatology, Patras University Hospital, Patras, GRC.
Spyridon PapagiannisOrthopaedics and Traumatology, Patras University Hospital, Patras, GRC.
George SinosOrthopaedics and Traumatology, Patras University Hospital, Patras, GRC.
Alexandra LekkouInfectious Diseases, Patras University Hospital, Patras, GRC.
General University Hospital of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prosthetic joint infection following arthroplasty is a serious complication associated with high morbidity and prolonged hospitalization. Treatment consists of a combination of surgical intervention and long-acting antibiotic therapy targeted to the responsible microorganism(s).

Indexed as

brucella melitensiscomplicationperi-prosthetic joint infectionseptic looseningstaged total knee arthroplasty

Identifiers

PMID36381789
PMCPMC9643020
OpenAlexW4303857382

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Registered trials

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