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. 2020 Jul 13;62:e48. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202062048

Table 1. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of BSI by Capnocytophaga spp in HSCT patients described in the literature and in these two cases report.

Articles Isolated species Site of infection Underlying disease Type of HSCT Mucositis Day of sepsis onset after HSCT Risk fator for BSI Treatment Identification of bacteria Outcome
Ugai et al. 4 C. canimorsus Blood stream infection acute myeloid leukemia mismatched unrelated donor No 7 years earlier HSCT Chronic GVHD, but no IST; marked splenic atrophy on CT history of licked wound by a dog 2 days before admission meropenem and vancomycin followed by ceftriaxone No data avaliable Discharged
García-Cía et al. 5 C. sputigena plus Escherichia coli Blood stream infection Hodgkin's lymphoma Autologous HSCT Yes D+2 Neutropenia amoxicillin/clavulanate followed by cefepime and amikacin No data avaliable Discharged
Bonatti et al. 6 C. ochraceae Blood stream infection chronic myelogenous leukemia No data available Yes D+9 Neutropenia Cefandamole, amikazin vancomycin followed by Imipenem–cilastatin, PenG RAPID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Discharged
Bonatti et al. 6 C. ochraceae Blood stream infection chronic myelogenous leukemia No data available Yes D+9 Neutropenia Cefamandole, tobramycin, vancomycin followed by Piperacillin–tazobactam RAPID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Discharged
Bonatti et al. 6 C. ochraceae Blood stream infection acute myeloid leukemia No data available Yes D+6 Neutropenia Cefamandole, amikacin vancomycin followed by Imipenem–cilastatin RAPID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Discharged
Bonatti et al. 6 Capnocytophaga sp Blood stream infection chronic myelogenous leukemia No data available Yes D+8 Neutropenia Cefamandole followed by Imipenem–cilastatin RAPID-ANA II System (Innovative Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Norcross, GA, USA) Discharged
Geisler et al. 7 C. gingivalis Pneumonia Acute myelogenous leukemia Autologous HSCT Yes No data avaliable Neutropenia Gentamicin and levofloxacin followed by linezolid and metronidazole Morphology and the following biochemical reactions Discharged
Bilgrami et al. 8 Capnocytophaga sp Blood stream infection Hodgkin's disease Autologous HSCT Yes D+3 Neutropenia Ceftazidime and clindamycin followed by ampicillin API AN-Ident System (Analytic Products, Plainview, NY) Discharged
Baquero et al. 9 C. ochraceae Blood stream infection acute myeloid leukemia Autologous HSCT Yes D+2 Neutropenia Ceftazidime amikacin followed by piperacillin and subsequently clindamycin Morphology and the following biochemical reactions Discharged
This report Capnocytophaga sp Blood stream infection Hodgkin's lymphoma Autologous HSCT Yes D+5 Neutropenia Meropenem MALDI-TOF Discharged
This report Capnocytophaga sp Blood stream infection Peripheral T-cells NOS Lymphoma Autologous HSCT Yes D+10 Neutropenia Piperacillin tazobactam MALDI-TOF 16sRNA sequencing Discharged