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. 2018 Oct 25;56(11):e00712-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00712-18

TABLE 3.

Clinical information and outcome of 12 patients with uncommon Chryseobacterium species infection

Case no. Species Yr of isolation Site of isolation Age (yrs)/gendera Clinical manifestation(s) and underlying illness(es) Outcome
1 C. arthrosphaerae 2008 Blood 74/M Primary bacteremia, gastric ulcer, bladder tuberculosis Survived
2 C. arthrosphaerae 2012 Pleural effusion 42/M Thoracic empyema, esophageal carcinoma, liver cirrhosis Died
3 C. arthrosphaerae 2014 Abscess 46/M Septic arthritis Survived
4 C. arthrosphaerae 2014 Blood 54/M Biliary tract infection, cholangiocarcinoma Survived
5 C. culicis 2009 Blood 60/F Biliary tract infection, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis Survived
6 C. culicis 2012 Blood 64/M Central line-associated bloodstream infection, Ewing sarcoma Survived
7 C. cucumeris 2005 Bile 80/F Biliary tract infection, cholangiocarcinoma, diabetes mellitus, hypertension Survived
8 C. cucumeris 2013 Abscess 42/F Necrotizing fasciitis Survived
9 C. bernardetii 2009 Blood 67/F Primary bacteremia, gastric ulcer Survived
10 C. bernardetii 2015 Blood 75/M Primary bacteremia, tonsil cancer Survived
11 C. artocarpi 2016 Blood 52/M Primary bacteremia, hypopharyngeal cancer Survived
12 C. daecheongense 2016 Bile 82/F Biliary tract infection, carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater, diabetes mellitus, hypertension Survived
a

M, male; F, female.