Table 1.

Previously reported cases of osteomyelitis caused by Veillonella

Number of patients (reference)	Age (year)/sex	Culture result		Underlying disease/risk factors	Type of bone/soft tissue	Antibiotic therapy
		Blood	Bone/disc
1. (This study)	49/M	Veillonella sp.	NR	Diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot	Foot bone (Calcenous)	Imipenem
2. Marriott [7]	55/M	V. parvula	V. parvula	Colonoscopy	Lumbar spine discitis	Ceftriaxone
3. Singh [8]	61/F	V. parvula	V. parvula	Sjogren’s syndrome, xerostomia-	Thora columbar spine	Ceftriaxone
4. Bongaerts [9]	74/M	NR	V. parvula	None	Spine	Penicillin
5. Hidalgo [10]	70/M	NR	V. parvula	None	Spine	US
6 . Isner-Horobeti [11]	27/M	NR	Veillonella sp.	None	Lumbar spondylodiscitis	Amoxicillin
7. Kishen [12]	76/F	Veillonella sp.	Veillonella sp.	None	Lumbar spondylodiscitis and paraspinal space abscesses	Spinal surgery + Cefotaxime/metronidazole
8. Barnhart [13]	31/M	NR	Veillonella sp.	Cervical vertebral fracture/Post cervical spine fusion	Cervical spine and retropharyngeal abscess	Penicillin G + abscess drainage
9. Borchardt [14]	54/F	V. parvula	V. parvula	Diabetes mellitus and foot shaving injury	Phalanx and metatarsal bone and cellulitis	Excision of infected bone + penicillin

NR, not reported; US, unspecified; M, male; F, female.