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Polymicrobial arcanobacterium haemolyticum intracerebral abscess: A case report and review of the literature.

Nicholas Chang, Kate Lennard, Amshuman Rao, Michael Elliott, Nila Dharan, Johnny Wong

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Article in IDCases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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.

  1. Insights intoPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas ChangRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Sydney, Australia.
Kate LennardRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Sydney, Australia.
Amshuman RaoRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Sydney, Australia.
Michael ElliottRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, Sydney, Australia.
Nila DharanRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Sydney, Australia.
Johnny WongRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Sydney, Australia.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This article describes a case of polymicrobial Case summary: A 21-year-old immunocompetent male presented with symptoms of sore throat, rhinorrhoea, lethargy, headache, and rash. Imaging demonstrated sinusitis, pre-septal sinusitis, peritonsillar abscess formation, subdural empyema and cerebritis. He was managed with endoscopic sinus surgery, craniotomy for evacuation of subdural empyema and antibiotics. Microbiological samples demonstrated growth of Discussion:

Indexed as

Arcanobacterium haemolyticumCerebral abscessComplicated bacteraemiaPeritonsillar abscessSinusitisSystemic infection

Identifiers

PMID38690576
PMCPMC11059456
OpenAlexW4394806863

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