Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of the 12 Known Listeria Peritonitis Cases Reported in the United States

Reference	Age/sex	Underlying Disease	Blood Culture	Ascitic Fluid WBC/mm3	% granulocytes	Empiric Treatment	Narrowed Treatment	Outcome
Adeonigbagbe et al. 20009	73 / male	Liver metastases	Negative	171	69	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Died
Curosh et al. 198912	69 / male	Cirrhosis, AAT Deficiency	Negative	2100	51	Cephapirin, Gentamicin	Ampicillin	Survived
Rheingold et al. 197717	44 / male	Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C and Alcohol	Positive	9460	76	Ceftriaxone, Metronidazole	Ampicillin	Survived
Rheingold et al. 197717	52 / female	Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C	Positive	510	84	Cefotaxime	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Survived
Yecies et al. 201320	66 / male	Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C	Negative	3168	33	Cefotaxime	Ampicillin	Died
Frachtman et al. 200923	49 / male	Cirrhosis, Alcohol	Positive	1720	90	Ampicillin	Cephazolin	Survived
Jayaraj et al. 199824	63 / male	Cirrhosis, Alcohol	Positive	1100	57	Ampicillin	Ampicillin	Survived
Nguyen et al. 199425	70 / female	Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C	Positive	14,987	NR	TMP-SMX	Ampicillin	Survived
Sivalingam et al. 199226	64 / male	Cirrhosis, Alcohol	Positive	7200	78	Ampicillin	Ampicillin+Amikacin	Died
Soto-Hernandez et al. 198827	72 / female	Cirrhosis, Autoimmune	Positive	2,889	NR	Ceftriaxone, Vancomycin	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Died
Tablang 200828	62 / male	Cirrhosis, Alcohol	Negative	6000	86	Cefotaxime	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Survived
Present Case	68 / male	Cirrhosis, Alcohol and CKD	Negative	2710	81	Piperacillin-Tazobactam	Ampicillin-sulbactam	Survived

NR: not reported; AAT: alpha anti-trypsin; CKD: chronic kidney disease; TMP-SMX: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole