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. 2019 Jun 25;39(6):587–589. doi: 10.3343/alm.2019.39.6.587

Table 1. Invasive Aureimonas altamirensis infections in humans.

Case No. (N) Year reported Age/Sex Clinical diagnosis Cultured sample Comorbidity Treatment Outcome Reference
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.