Table 1.

Cases of Campylobacter rectus infection.

Author (year)	Age/Sexa	Diagnosis	Underlying diseases/Risk factors	Specimen/Culture result	Identification method	Treatment	Outcome
1. Spiegel (1984) [23]	62/M	Left chest wall abscess	Poor oral hygiene, Alcoholism	Tissue/Positive	Biochemical features	Drainage, penicillin	Cured
2. Han (2005) [24]	32/F	Breast abscess	Lymphoma, neutropenia, Nipple piercing	Pus/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Drainage, Vancomycin, Clindamycin, Aztreonam	Cured
3. de Vries (2008) [25]	24/M	Vertebral abscess	Meningoradiculitis of unknown cause	Pus/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Hemilaminectomy, Clindamycin	Cured
4. Mahlen (2009) [1]	66/M	Buccal mucosal abscess	Smoking (30 years), Poor dental care	Pus/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Drainage, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate	Cured
5. Lam (2011) [22]	41/F	Ruptured intracranial mycotic aneurysm with subdural empyema	Hyperglycemia	Blood, pus/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Percutaneous arterial Embolization, Drainage, Vancomycin, Ceftriaxone, Metronidazole	Died
6. Lam (2011) [22]	64/M	Necrotizing soft tissue infection of right thigh	Poor oral hygiene	Tissue/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Above-knee amputation, Surgical debridement, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate	Cured
7. Lam (2011) [22]	56/M	Right thoracic empyema	Poor oral hygiene, Hyperglycemia	Pus/Positive	16S rRNA gene analysis	Drainage, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate	Cured
8. This case	15/M	Acute otitis media	Kept dogs and cats	Middle ear fluid/Negative	16S rRNA gene analysis	Ampicillin, oral amoxicillin	Cured

^aM: male, F: female.