Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients with non-O Vibrio cholerae necrotizing fasciitis
| Year of report (Source) |
Age, Sex | Underlying diseases/risk factors | Treatment | Outcome | Country | O-Antigen | Epidemiologic exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1995 (9) |
51 M | Diabetes mellitus | Surgery (amputation, multiple debridement),and antibiotics (ticarcillin/clavulanate, imipenem, gentamicin, clindamycin) | Survived | USA | Exposure of a chronic plantar ulcer to sand in a bathhouse | |
|
1998 (10) |
48 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, cefotaxime, minocycline, cefotaxime | Survived | Taiwan | ||
|
1998 (10) |
79 F | Cirrhosis, congestive heart failure | Surgery, ceftriaxone | Died | Taiwan | ||
|
2004 (11) |
68 M | Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus | Surgical debridement, ceftazidime, doxycycline | Died | Taiwan | O56 | |
|
2004 (12) |
70 M | Hepatitis C | Surgery, antibiotics (third-generation cephalosporin, doxycycline) | Died | Taiwan | Handling seafood | |
|
2004 (12) |
63 M | Hepatitis, steroids | Surgery, antibiotics (third-generation cephalosporin, doxycycline) | Survived | Taiwan | Exposure to sea water | |
|
2006 (13) |
52 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, clindamycin, ceftazidime, tetracycline | Survived | Taiwan | Probable wound infection | |
|
2009 (14) |
57 M | Cirrhosis, hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Consumption of raw seafood | |
|
2009 (14) |
58 M | Cirrhosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
|
2009 (14) |
69 M | Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
|
2009 (14) |
70 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, antibiotics | Survived | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
|
2009 (14) |
62 M | COPD | Surgery, antibiotics | Survived | Taiwan | Insect bite wound infection | |
|
2011 (15) |
49 M | HIV, hepatitis C, cirrhosis | Surgical debridement, daptomycin, levofloxacin | Survived | Italy | O137 | Minor abrasion exposed to seawater |
|
2016 (16) |
73 M | Diabetes mellitus | Surgical debridement, piperacillin/tazobactam, fosfomycin | Survived | Austria | Seawater exposure | |
|
2016 (16) |
80 M | Ichthyosis, cellulitis | Surgical debridement, piperacillin/tazobactam, tigecycline, metronidazole | Died | Austria | Seawater exposure | |
|
2016 (17) |
6 3 M | None |
Surgical debridement, penicillin, gentamicin, metronidazole |
Survived | Croatia | O8 | Seawater exposure |
COPD chronic constructive pulmonary disease