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ArticleCureus2024

Reactive Arthritis as a Consequence of Infection by Clostridium difficile in a Pediatric Patient.

Natalia M Barron-Cervantes, Jimena Gonzalez-Salido, Jimena Colado-Martinez, Emily Retana-Estrada, Humberto O Bibiano-Escalante

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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. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Extraintestinal Manifestations ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Natalia M Barron-CervantesSchool of Medicine, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, MEX.
Jimena Gonzalez-SalidoSchool of Medicine, Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, MEX.
Jimena Colado-MartinezSchool of Medicine, Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, MEX.
Emily Retana-EstradaSchool of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, MEX.
Humberto O Bibiano-EscalantePediatric Orthopedics, Fundación Clínica Médica Sur, Mexico City, MEX.
Hospital Médica Sur · MXUniversidad La Salle · BOUniversidad La Salle · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive arthritis (RA) is the development of a sterile inflammatory arthritis usually associated with a previously known infection, most commonly from the gastrointestinal or urogenital tract. The diagnosis is clinical, based on the presence of acute oligoarticular arthritis of larger joints developing within two to four weeks of the infection. However, in some cases where the infection is not clear, the diagnosis is a challenge, like in the case presented here. We must always rule out past infections as a cause of arthritis by directly asking about the presence of symptomatology associated with it, presented in the past few weeks. It's important to emphasize that human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) should not be used as a diagnostic tool, and it always needs to be correlated with the clinical features. There is no confirmed evidence in the literature that is in favor of prescribing antibiotic therapy during an acute presentation of RA as it usually presents after the infection is cured.

Indexed as

clostridium difficilepediatric reactive arthritispediatricspediatric secondary synovitispediatric synovitisreactive arthritis

Identifiers

PMID38529427
PMCPMC10961936
OpenAlexW4392775240

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