Table 1. Reported cases of C. violaceum in patients with known or subsequently diagnosed CGD.

F, female; M, male; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Case no.	Reference	Age (years)	Sex	Country/area acquired	CGD status at time of C. violaceum	Previous infections	C. violaceum clinical syndrome	Treatment	Outcome
1	[6]	28	M	USA (Florida)	Known	Mycobacterium fortuitum	Septicaemia, cutaneous pustules, lymphadenitis, spleen/liver and lung abscesses	Gentamicin and chloramphenicol for 8 days	Died
2	[8]	4	M	USA (Florida)	Unknown	Nil	Bacteraemia, osteomyelitis	Gentamicin and TMP/SMX plus drainage	Survived
3	[6]	15	M	USA (Florida)	Known	Fever of unknown origin	Bacteraemia, lung abscesses	Gentamicin and chloramphenicol for 3 weeks	Survived
4	[9]	13	M	Brazil	Unknown	Nil	Multiple skin abscesses, partially treated, recurrent right inguinal abscess 2 years later	Chloramphenicol and TMP/SMX for 21 days	Survived
5	[10]	9	M	USA (Florida)	Known	Nil	Purulent forearm lesion with subsequent periorbital and orbital cellulitis	Carbenicillin and chloramphenicol	Survived
6	[11]	1.5	M	USA (Florida)	Unknown	Pneumonia	Pustule with axillary lymphadenitis, hepatosplenomegaly	Chloramphenicol	Survived
7	[12]	3	M	Australia (Northern Territory)	Unknown	Recurrent skin sepsis	Septicaemia, chest wall furuncle and lymphadenitis	TMP/SMX for 5 weeks	Survived
8	[13]	13	M	USA (North Carolina)	Unknown	Unknown	Fulminant sepsis with multi-organ failure, ARDS	Unknown	Survived
9	[5]	3	M	Thailand	Unknown	Nil	Lung, liver and splenic abscesses, progressing over 4.5 months	Meropenem, then ciprofloxacin (subsequently lost to follow-up)	Survived
10	[14]	13	M	USA (North Carolina)	Unknown	Nil	Ecthyma gangrenosum, septicaemia	Chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin and gentamicin for 9 weeks	Survived
11	[7]	20	M	Malaysia	Known	C. violaceum infected wounds	Recurrent sepsis due to C. violaceum, left forearm pustule with liver and splenic abscesses	Ciprofloxacin and TMP/SMX for 2 weeks	Survived
12	[15]	14	M	USA (North Carolina)	Unknown	Cat-scratch disease	Facial necrotizing fasciitis	Imipenem and gentamicin, with limited nasal and oral resection, for 6 weeks	Survived
13	[16]	11	M	USA (Alabama)	Unknown	Nocardia submental abscess	Gluteal abscess, sepsis and ARDS, septic emboli to lungs and liver	Meropenem and ciprofloxacin for 6 months	Survived
14	[17]	11	F	India	Unknown	Nil	Ecthyma gangrenosum, septicaemia, liver and splenic abscesses	Piperacillin/tazobactam, gentamicin then ciprofloxacin for 10 weeks	Survived
15	This study	28	M	Solomon Islands	Known	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Lemierre's syndrome (suppurative jugular thrombophlebitis)	TMP/SMX for 12 weeks	Survived