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ArticleCureus2025

Spinal Phlegmon Secondary to Neisseria meningitidis Meningitis With Possible Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Co-infection in an Immunocompetent Pediatric Patient.

Peter Paul Lim, Kayla Morisette, Meredith Keith, Eric Hines, Mark K Huntington

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Peter Paul LimDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Avera McKennan University Health Center, Sioux Falls, USA.
Kayla MorisetteDepartment of Family Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.
Meredith KeithDepartment of Family Medicine, Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.
Eric HinesDepartment of Family Medicine, Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.
Mark K HuntingtonDepartment of Family Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal phlegmon has rarely been reported in meningococcemia. Simultaneous polymicrobial infection has been occasionally reported as the etiology of meningitis. The development of a spinal phlegmon and optic neuritis complicated meningitis in a five-year-old male who presented with clinical sepsis and meningitis.

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herpesvirusmeningitisneisseriapediatricsphlegmon

Identifiers

PMID40225534
PMCPMC11994246

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