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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Splenic abscess caused by

Madalyn Walsh, Nicholas Wasko, Andrew Joseph Simms, Jacob Hodges

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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.

Madalyn WalshInternal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA madalyn-walsh@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1625-4844
Nicholas WaskoInternal Medicine-Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Andrew Joseph SimmsInternal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-4299
Jacob HodgesInternal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-366X
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A woman in her 40s with a history of dental abscess presenting with a 3-month history of nightly fevers, malaise, fatigue and acutely worsening left flank pain was found to have a splenic abscess replacing almost the entire splenic parenchyma on abdominal CT. Abscess aspirate showed Gram-positive rods, and both aerobic and anaerobic cultures grew

Indexed as

Abdominal AbscessGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsIntraabdominal InfectionsSplenic DiseasesAbscessFemaleHumansPropionibacterium acnesDentistry and oral medicineInfectionsInfectious diseasesSurgery

Identifiers

PMID36697110
PMCPMC9884883
OpenAlexW4317938284

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Registered trials

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