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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Atypical mycobacterium infection following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Sashitemjen Aier, Saher Kalra, Muralidhar Varma, Vivek Pandey

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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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Infection Following ACL Reconstruction: From Prevention to Treatment.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2026
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Case Report:Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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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 2 countries.

Sashitemjen AierOrthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Saher KalraOrthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Muralidhar VarmaInfectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Vivek PandeyOrthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal, Karnataka, India vivekortho@gmail.com.
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man in his 20s presented with instability of the right knee following an incident of fall from a height. He was clinicoradiologically diagnosed to have an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear for which he underwent ACL reconstruction. Postoperatively, he was started on an accelerated ACL rehabilitation protocol. Six weeks postoperatively, he developed features of subclinical septic arthritis for which he underwent arthroscopic debridement. Intraoperative samples cultured

Indexed as

Anterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousAdultDebridementHumansKnee JointMaleBone and joint infectionsKnee injuriesOrthopaedicsTropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID37802587
PMCPMC10565175
OpenAlexW4387440897

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