Table 1.
Sex, age (years) |
Previous/underlying conditions |
Infection type |
Co-infection |
Treatment |
Outcome |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M, 25 |
Crohn’s disease, short bowel syndrome, intestinal failure, home parenteral support, central venous catheter |
Bacteremia |
Meropenem and metronidazole for 19 days. Discharged with cefuroxime |
Survived |
This report |
|
F, 63 |
Crohn’s disease, recurrent gastrointestinal strictures, central venous catheter |
Bacteremia |
None |
Piperacillin/tazobactam |
Survived |
[13] |
F, 94 |
Knee arthroplasty |
Osteoarthritis |
None |
7 days of levofloxacin for a concomitant E. coli bacteremia. The treatment did not clear the knee infection, but no further therapy was pursued. |
Survived |
[8] |
F, 60 |
Hypertension, aortic intramural hematoma |
Bacteremia |
None |
Teicoplanin and piperacillin-tazobactam for 9 days until discharge from hospital |
Survived |
[23] |
M, 54 |
Liver transplant recipient, hepatic artery thrombosis, diabetes |
Bacteremia |
None |
Oral metronidazole and oral levofloxacin |
Survived |
[24] |
M, 48 |
Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma |
Bacteremia |
None |
Intravenous cefoperazone-sulbactam and metronidazole for 8 days |
Survived |
[12] |
F, 58 |
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
Bacteremia |
Acinetobacter baumannii, Enterobacter cloacae, Candida albicans, Bacillus spp. |
Vancomycin, ceftazidime |
Fatal |
[6] |
M, 68 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia |
Bacteremia |
None |
Ampicillin-sulbactam |
Fatal |
|
F, 62 |
B-cell lymphoma |
Bacteremia |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) |
Vancomycin, ceftazidime, gentamicin |
Fatal |
|
F.92 |
Chronic renal failure, vascular dementia |
Bacteremia |
None |
Ampicillin-sulbactam |
Fatal |
|
F, 27 |
Thyroid goiter, ankylosing spondylitis |
Bacteremia |
Amoxicillin-clavulanate |
Survived |
||
F, 62 |
Ischaemic colitis, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction |
Bacteremia |
None |
No treatment |
Fatal |
|
M, 73 |
Cancerous peritonitis, asphyxia |
Bacteremia |
Cefepime |
Fatal |
||
M, 52 |
Oesophageal cancer |
Bacteremia |
None |
Amoxicillin-clavulanate |
Survived |
|
F, 8 |
Ileus |
Bacteremia |
None |
Vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole |
Survived |
|
M, 64 |
Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
Bacteremia |
Amoxicillin-clavulanate |
Survived |
||
M, 34 |
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient |
Bacteremia |
None |
Daptomycin |
Survived |
[7] |
M, 58 |
Severe burns |
Bacteremia |
Daptomycin |
Survived |
||
M, 65 |
Aortic insufficiency |
Infective endocarditis |
None |
Intravenous penicillin G for 4 weeks and intravenous gentamicin. After 2 weeks, treatment with intravenous moxifloxacin was added for 7 days. Postoperative intravenous cefoperazone for 4 weeks and intravenous gentamicin for 2 weeks |
Survived |
[11] |
M, 4 |
Peritoneal neuroblastoma |
Bacteremia |
None |
Meropenem, aztreonam, cefoxitin, metronidazole, teicoplanin |
Survived |
[25] |
M, 49 |
Corticosteroid treatment, chronic alcohol abuse |
Bacteremia, endocarditis |
None |
No treatment |
Fatal |
[9] |
M, 46 |
Abdominal aortic dissection repair, parenteral nutrition, Hickman catheter, coronary artery bypass grafting, |
Bacteremia |
Gentamicin and piperacillin-tazobactam for 4 weeks |
Survived |
[4] |
|
M, 49 |
None |
Abscess infection |
None |
Cephalotin for 10 days |
Survived |
[17] |
Unknown |
Multivisceral transplant recipient |
Diarrhea, bacteremia |
None |
Unknown |
Survived |
[3] |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Diarrhea |
None |
Unknown |
Survived |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Diarrhea |
None |
Unknown |
Survived |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Diarrhea |
None |
Unknown |
Survived |
|
M, 71 |
Cecal carcinoma |
Routine testing of peritoneal fluid |
Polymicrobial |
No treatment |
Survived |
[10] |
F, 12 |
Gastrostomy |
Abdominal wall |
Polymicrobial |
Cephalosporin |
Survived |
F: Female; M: Male.