Table 1.

Summary of data for the cases of Bacillus cereus endocarditis^a

Yr reported	Reference	Risk factor	Valve affected	Antibiotic treatment	Surgery	Outcome
1974	6	IVDA	Tricuspid	Lm, Cm	No	Recovered
1978	3	Mechanical valve	Mitral	Tm, Chl	No	Died
1979	15	IVDA	NR	Naf	NR	Recovered
1979	15	IVDA	NR	Cm	NR	Recovered
1979	15	IVDA	NR	Cm	NR	Recovered
1979	15	IVDA	No vegetations by ECHO	Chl, Gent, Em	No	Recovered
1979	17	RHD	Aortic	Pen, Gent, Stm	No	Died
1979	18	IVDA	No vegetations by ECHO	Cm, Kana	No	Recovered
1982	11	Porcine valve	Aortic	Cm	Yes	Recovered
1987	12	Hx rheumatic fever, pacemaker	Right ventricular pacing wire	Cm	Yes	Recovered
1992	13	Mechanical valve	Aortic	Vm	Yes	Recovered
1994	19	Mechanical valve	Mitral	Ami, Mino	Yes	Recovered
1998	10	Mechanical valve	Mitral	Vm, Gent, Rif	Yes	Recovered
1999	4	Mechanical valve	Mitral	Vm, Gent, Rif	Yes	Recovered
2005	5	Leukemia	Mitral	Pen, Vm, Cipro	No	Died
2008	1	Pacemaker	Pacing wire	Cef	Yes	Recovered
2010		None	Aortic	Dapto, Amp, Ctrx	Yes	Recovered

^aIVDA, intravenous drug abuse; Lm, lincomycin; Cm, clindamycin; Tm, tobramycin; Chl, chloramphenicol; NR, not reported; Naf, nafcillin; ECHO, echocardiogram; Gent, gentamicin; Em, erythromycin; RHD, rheumatic heart disease; Pen, penicillin; Stm, streptomycin; Kana, kanamycin; Vm, vancomycin; Ami, amikacin; Mino, minocycline; Rif, rifampin; Cipro, ciprofloxacin; Cef, cefazolin; Dapto, daptomycin; Amp, ampicillin; Ctrx, ceftriaxone.