ArticleEplasty2024
Bilateral Nipple Piercings and Subsequent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Breast Abscess Formation.
Article in Eplasty, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Breast infections associated with nipple piercings present a unique puzzle for clinicians because of the lack of sterile regulations surrounding the procedure. As a result, providers must consider wider ranges of infectious etiologies and have a low threshold for initiating broad spectrum antibiotic therapy and operative intervention to prevent detrimental complications. Methods: The authors present the case of a 39-year-old female who developed a methicillin-resistant Results: Management included ultrasound-guided aspiration for the diagnosis and confirmation of the abscess, incision and drainage in the operating room, and both intravenous and oral antibiotic therapy. The patient recovered appropriately without recurrence of infection 6 weeks postoperatively. Conclusions: Given the rise in intimate body piercings, it is imperative to document complications to improve clinician treatment protocols and guide governmental bodies to make this practice as safe as possible.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40463920PMC12132597What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.