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ArticleCureus2024

Toxic Megacolon: A Sequelae of Clostridioides difficile Infection in a Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis.

Abhilasha Bhargava, Chandrashekhar Mahakalkar, Shivani Kshirsagar, Akanksha Yachmaneni

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abhilasha BhargavaGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research, Wardha, IND.
Chandrashekhar MahakalkarGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research, Wardha, IND.
Shivani KshirsagarGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research, Wardha, IND.
Akanksha YachmaneniGeneral Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research, Wardha, IND.
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing fasciitis is an illness that ascends quickly and affects the fascia, subcutaneous tissues, and deeper skin layers. To combat this infection, strong antibiotics are used along with prompt debridement. Frequent usage of such drugs is connected to antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colonic illnesses like colitis. High-spectrum antibiotic usage over an extended period of time can alter the gut microbiota, which promotes the growth of commensal bacteria including

Indexed as

antibiotic-associated diarrheaclostridium difficile infectionscolitisnecrotizing fasciitistoxic megalcolon

Identifiers

PMID38410289
PMCPMC10895553
OpenAlexW4391279999

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