Table 1. Invasive Aureimonas altamirensis infections in humans.
Case No. (N) | Year reported | Age/Sex | Clinical diagnosis | Cultured sample | Comorbidity | Treatment | Outcome | Reference |
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1 | 2009 | 50/M | Soft tissue infection in scrotum | Blood | Diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, peripheral neuropathy, hyperthyroidism, hyperlipidemia, and chronic renal failure | Vancomycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin | Cured | 4 |
2 | 2010 | 69/M | Parapneumonic effusion | Blood | Chronic ischemic heart disease, total gastrectomy due to gastric cancer | Levofloxacin | Cured | 5 |
Pleural fluid | ||||||||
3 | 2010 | 81/M | Parapneumonic effusion | Pleural fluid | NM | Levofloxacin | Cured | 5 |
4 | 2012 | 65/F | Bacteremia | Blood | Multiple myeloma | Levofloxacin | Cured | 6 |
5 | 2014 | 47/F | Peritonitis | Peritoneal fluid | Peritoneal carcinomatosis with liver and lymph node metastasis | Levofloxacin | Died | 7 |
6 | 2015 | NM | Cellulitis on forearm, wrist, and hand | Blood | NM | Vancomycin+imipenem, TMP-SMX+clindamycin | Cured | 8 |
Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; NM, not mentioned; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.