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ArticleCureus2025

Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Caused by Clostridium perfringens: A Case Report Highlighting Diagnostic Challenges and Conservative Management.

Bruno Cancela, Dara Mbanze, João Miranda, Albina Moreira, Pedro Oliveira

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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. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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.

Bruno CancelaPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Centro de Reabilitação do Norte, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT.
Dara MbanzeInfectious Diseases, Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT.
João MirandaInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT.
Albina MoreiraInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT.
Pedro OliveiraInternal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, PRT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report describes a 70-year-old male with a history of hepatic cirrhosis and diabetes who was admitted with severe low back pain, fever, and sepsis. Initially, the back pain appeared consistent with a muscle strain. However, the persistence of symptoms, ongoing fever, and the patient's underlying conditions raised suspicion for a more serious pathology. Blood cultures identified

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anti-bacterial agentsclostridium perfringensdiscitislow back painspinespondylitis

Identifiers

PMID40342481
PMCPMC12059977

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