TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with H. cinaedi infections^a

Case	Age (yr)	Sex	Isolated strain(s)	Ward floor	Orthopedic diagnosis	Date of onset of cellulitis	Duration after operation (days)	Location of cellulitis	WBC count (cells/mm3)	CRP (mg/dl)	Recurrence	Stool culture	Diarrhea	Antibiotic treatment	Date of serum sampling (ELISA)
1	65	F	923	7th	L HF, RF	19 June 2004	18	L forearm and chest	13,160	12.3	+	−	+	SBTPC	23 February 2005
2	71	F	377	7th	LH	1 July 2004	8	Back	12,600	13.5	−	ND	−	IPM-CS	ND
3	68	F	944	7th	L HF	21 July 2004	21	L upper arm	18,420	12.3	+	−	−	CTM	4 March 2005
4	22	M	409	5th	R FeF, TF, FiF	9 August 2004	18	R leg	18,880	13.7	−	ND	−	SBTPC	ND
5	76	F	—b	7th	R OA	1 July 2004	12	R lateral thigh	14,830	19.3	−	ND	−	IPM-CS	1 July 2005
				6th	L OA	15 September 2004	10	L medial thigh	15,120	22.0	−	ND	−	CTM	ND
6	58	M	717	6th	L HF	28 October 2004	28	L upper arm	10,470	14.9	+	−	−	CTM	25 February 2005
			—b	6th	L CF	28 October 2004	42	L leg						CTM	ND
7	79	F	1035, 14	6th	R HF	24 December 2004	113	R upper arm	13,300	5.6	+	−	−	SBTPC	9 February 2005
			896	6th	R CF	20 January 2005	42	R leg	5,540	0.6	−	ND	−	SBTPC	ND
8	70	F	643	6th	L TF, FiF	17 January 2005	56	L leg	7,250	6.0	−	ND	−	CTM	ND
9	72	F	56, 361	6th	R TF, FiF	1 February 2005	8	R leg	10,230	10.2	−	+	−	CTM	21 February 2005
10	62	F	1007	6th	R OA	18 February 2005	11	R thigh	6,140	18.7	−	−	−	SBTPC	8 March 2005
11	77	F	545, 892	6th	R OA	10 March 2005	31	R thigh	15,790	19.2	−	+	−	CTM	17 March 2005

^aAbbreviations: CF, calcaneous fracture; FeF, femoral fracture; FiF, fibular fracture; HF, humeral fracture; RF, radial fracture; TF, tibial fracture; LH, lumbar herniation; OA, osteoarthritis, R, right; L, left; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; ND, not done; SBTPC, sultamicillin tosylate; CTM, cefotiam hydrochloride; IPM-CS, imipenem-cilastatin sodium; F, female; M, male.

^bBacteria had first been isolated and identified, but these isolates became extinct during successive cultures.