Table 1.

Cases of Clostridium innocuum Bacteremia or Endovascular Infection

Case No.	Ref, Year	Age/Sex	Type of Infection	Predisposing Condition	Clinical Symptoms	Treatment	Outcome
1	[1] 1991	31/M	Bacteremia	Melanoma	Fevers, GI bleed	NR	Died*
2	[1] 1991	70/M	Bacteremia	Undifferentiated cancer	Abdominal pain, diarrhea	NR	Survived>30 days
3	[1] 1991	39/F	Bacteremia	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Survived>30 days
4	[1] 1991	28/F	Bacteremia	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Died*
5	[1] 1991	36/M	Bacteremia**	Lymphoma	Soft tissue infection near catheter site	NR	Survived>30 days
6	[1] 1991	65/M	Bacteremia**	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Died
7	[1] 1991	54/M	Bacteremia**	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Died
8	[1] 1991	49/M	Bacteremia**	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Survived>30 days
9	[1] 1991	27/F	Bacteremia**	Leukemia	Ileus, GI bleed	NR	Died
10	[1] 1991	59/M	Bacteremia**	Leukemia	Fevers	NR	Died*
11	[7] 1995	18/F	Endocarditis	None	Dyspnea, cough, headache, stiff neck	Erythromycin, ceftriaxone	Died
12	[4] 2003	38/F	Bacteremia, abdominal hematoma	Kidney transplant, hepatitis C	Fevers and abdominal pain	I&D, penicillin G and clindamycin, followed by piperacillin/tazobactam and clindamycin (11 days)	Survived
13	[Current Case] 2008	38/M	Bacteremia	AIDS	Fevers	Metronidazole and daptomycin, then metronidazole and linezolid***	Survived

NR, not reported

^*Responded to antibiotic therapy, but died of another condition

^**Infection was polymicrobial

^***Antibiotic therapy also for MRSA soft tissue infection