Table 1.

Characteristics of E. rhusiopathiae osteomyelitis as described by published case reports.

Case report authors	Patient age (years), sex	Notable past medical history	Type of infection	Timing of inoculation	Contact with animals	Diagnosis of osteomyelitis	Treatment
This report	48, M	Spinal stenosis, orthopedic injuries	Digital skin abscess, prevertebral abscess, lumbar osteomyelitis	14 days prior (digital trauma from fish barb)	Recreational fishing	Tissue isolate	Surgery, ceftriaxone
Mukhopadhyay et al. [3]	5, M	None	Hip osteomyelitis	Unknown	Unknown	Tissue isolate	Surgery, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid
Denes et al. [4]	57, M	None	Pubic osteomyelitis	19 years prior (pelvic trauma from cow horn)	Farming	Tissue isolate	Rifampicin, levofloxacin
Upapan and Chayakulkeeree [5]	62, M	Diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis	Psoas abscess, paravertebral abscess, bacteremia	Unknown	Farming	Suspected on imaging, but tissue isolate negative	Surgery, levofloxacin
Romney et al. [6]	67, F	Diabetes mellitus	Lumbar spondylitis, bacteremia	Unknown	Raw fish preparation	Suspected on imaging, but tissue isolate negative	Penicillin-G