Table 1.

Cases of mycotic aneurysm caused by E. tarda

Age/sex	Symptoms	Site of infection	Treatment strategy	Culture	Antibiotics	Duration of antibiotics	Prognosis	References
65 y.o./woman	General fatigue	Descending aorta	Thoracic endovascular stent-graft (TEVAR)	Blood: positive Tissue: not taken	A/S ⇒ MEPM + VCM ⇒ ABPC + GM ⇒ AMPC ⇒ A/C	Suppression	Survived	Present case
79 y.o./Man	Back pain	Aortal arch	Vascular prosthesis implantation	Blood: negative Tissue: positive	CTRX + VCM ⇒ ST ⇒ MINO	Suppression	Survived	[9]
69 y.o./man	Back pain Bloody stools	Vascular prosthesis of abdominal aorta	Vascular prosthesis reimplantation	Blood: negative Tissue: positive	VCM + GM + MTNZ ⇒ PCG + GM + MTNZ ⇒ IPM/CS ⇒ A/C	4 months	Survived	[10]
67y.o./man	Back pain	Abdominal aorta	In situ cryopreserved homograft replacement	Blood: positive Tissue: positive	IMP/CS + FOM ⇒ CPFX	4 months	Dead	[11]
65 y.o./man	Cellulitis	Ascending aorta, Abdominal aorta	Vascular prosthesis implantation	Blood: ND Tissue: ND	ND	ND	Survived	[12]
60 y.o./man	Dysuria	Vascular prosthesis of ascending aorta	Vascular prosthesis reimplantation	Blood: positive Tissue: negative	CTRX ⇒ LVFX	ND	Survived	[13]
61y.o./man	ND	Vascular prosthesis of ascending aorta	Vascular prosthesis reimplantation	Blood: ND Tissue: positive	ND	ND	Survived	[14]

A/S ampicillin/sulbactum, MEPM meropenem, VCM vancomycin, ABPC ampicillin, A/C amoxicillin/clavulanate, GM gentamicin, AMPC amoxicillin, CTRX ceftriaxone, ST sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, MINO minocycline, LVFX levofloxacin, MTNZ metronidazole, IPM/CS imipenem/cilastatin, FOM fosfomycin, CPFX ciprofloxacin, ND no data