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ArticleCureus2024

Disseminated Melioidosis Complicated by Prostatic Abscess and Splenic Involvement: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Insights.

Krishna Geetha Narne, Jagadeswar Kakumani, Vaishnavi K I S N, Vivekanandan T, Gowrishankar A

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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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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Krishna Geetha NarneInternal Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Jagadeswar KakumaniInternal Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Vaishnavi K I S NGeneral Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Vivekanandan TInternal Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Gowrishankar AInternal Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report details the clinical course of a 53-year-old male farmer with a 15-year history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a 20-day history of pyrexia, rigors, and shivering, as well as problems in the urogenital system and left hypochondrial pain. Notably, he had been diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, which was successfully treated five years ago. On evaluation, there was tenderness in the suprapubic region as well as the left hypochondrium; moreover, rectal examination showed that the prostate was boggy and tender. The laboratory tests revealed microcytic hypochromic anemia, increased inflammatory markers, and uncontrolled diabetes. Imaging studies reported splenomegaly containing multiple low-density lesions accompanied by cystitis and a prostatic abscess. Positive blood culture samples indicated

Indexed as

burkholderia pseudomalleidiabetes mellitusimmunocompromisedmelioidosisprostatic abscessspleenic abscesssplenomegaly

Identifiers

PMID39445278
PMCPMC11496775

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