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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2025

Shi-Mei Huang, Shuang Wang, Su-Fei Pan, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Ji-Liang Wang

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 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

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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

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shi-Mei Huang *Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Shuang Wang *Department of Central Laboratory, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Su-Fei PanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Yuan-Yuan ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Ji-Liang WangDepartment of Central Laboratory, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Case Presentation: A 54-year-old immunocompetent patient presented with progressive low back pain that had persisted for 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed abnormal signals in the L4-L5 vertebrae, indicating lumbar spine infection. Laboratory investigations revealed elevation of the serum C-reactive protein level and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Blood and disc biopsy tissue cultures produced cream-colored round raised colonies on blood agar plates, which were identified as Conclusion:

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conservative treatmentC. striatumspinal infectionsspondylodiscitis

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PMID40787227
PMCPMC12333644

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