Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| Case | Patient age/sex | Underlying conditions | Location | Symptoms | Type of infection | Mono/polymicrobial infection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63/M | Resistant HIV/AIDS | USA | Encephalopathy, rigors, tachypnea, fever, hypotension | Bacteremia | Mono |
| 2 [2] | 55/M | DM, buccal cancer, community-acquired spontaneous | Taiwan | – | Meningitis | Mono |
| 3 [2] | 66/F | Spontaneous ICH, external ventricular drainage | Taiwan | – | Meningitis | Mono |
| 4 [2] | 79/M | Spontaneous, COPD, respiratory failure, nosocomial | Taiwan | – | Meningitis | Poly – Aeromonas caviae |
| 5 [2] | 78/F | Spontaneous, community-acquired | Taiwan | – | Meningitis | Poly – Acinetobacter spp. |
| 6 [3] | 65/M | alcohol hepatitis, CKD | Taiwan | Lower back pain, deep tissue pus | Spondylodiscitis | Mono |
| 7 [4] | 63/M | prosthetic aortic valve, T2DM, poliomyelitis | Argentina | Fever, shivering | Native mitral valve endocarditis | Mono |
| 8 [4] | 34/M | none, healthy (motorcycle accident) | Singapore | – | Foot wound infection | Poly – Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
| 9 [5] | 22/M | CKD, peritoneal dialysis | Portugal | Abdominal pain, cloudy effluent | Peritonitis | Mono |
| 10 [6] | 28/F | Tetralogy de Fallot, previous CV surgeries | Denmark | Abdominal pain, dyspnea, flu-like syndrome, tricuspid stenosis | Native tricuspid valve endocarditis | Mono |
| 11 [7] | 79/F | Afib, TIA, HTN | France | Fever | Native aortic valve endocarditis | Mono |
| 12 [8] | 36/M | mentally retarded | Turkey | Fever, malaise, anorexia, substantial weight loss (∼10kg), tachycardia, hypotension | Native mitral valve endocarditis | Mono |
| 13 [9] | 31/M | None, healthy | Israel | Fevers, shivering, malaise, chills, headache, muscle cramps | Bacteremia | Mono |
| 14 [10] | 57/M | Gout, chronic alcohol use | USA | Leg ulcers, fever, leukocytosis, tachycardic, hypertensive | Native mitral valve endocarditis | Mono |
M – male; F – female; HIV – human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; DM – diabetes mellitus; ICH – intracerebral hemorrhage; COPD – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD – chronic kidney disease; T2DM – type 2 diabetes mellitus; CV – cardiovascular; Afib – atrial fibrillation; TIA – transient ischemic attack; HTN – hypertension.