Table 1.
17 report of cases of A. variabilis infection.
aCases | Age (Y) | Type of infection | Area involved | Risk Factor | Primary disease | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | Skin | Lower limb | Trauma | Without | Limb amputation [7] |
6 | 39–50 | Skin | 4 Gluteal. | 4 IM IY. | 1 DM. | 4 Deaths [8] |
1 Upper limb. | 1 Trauma. | 5 Without. | ||||
1 Scapular. | 1 Without. | |||||
1 | ND | Rhino-orbito-cerebral. | Rhino-orbito-cerebral. | ND | DN | ND [9] |
1 | 21 | Skin | Dorsal | Burn 90% TBS | Without. | Death [10] |
5 | 29–45 | Skin | 1 Thoracic wall. | 2 Trauma. | 2 DM. | 4 Deaths [13] |
3 Abdominal wall. | 2 IM IY. | 3 Without. | ||||
1 Upper limb. | 1 Without. | |||||
1 | 45 | Skin | Torso and limbs | Toxic epidermic necrosis. | Without | Death [11] |
1 | 64 | Skin | Abdominal wall. | Cutaneous zoster. | Chronic use of steroids. | Death [16] |
1 | 74 | Rhino-orbito-cerebral. | Rino orbital cerebral. | Without. | Without. | Death [15] |
Cases: number of cases, Y: years, IM IY: intramuscular inyections, ND: No data, TBS: Total Body Surface, DM: diabetes mellitus.