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. 2020 Mar 26;2(5):acmi000119. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000119

Table 1.

Previous reports of W. confusa

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

Aeromonas hydrophila

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

Escherichia coli

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

Survived

F, 62

Ischaemic colitis, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Bacteremia

None

No treatment

Fatal

M, 73

Cancerous peritonitis, asphyxia

Bacteremia

Chryseobacterium indologenes

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

Enterobacter aerogenes

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

Survived

M, 34

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

Bacteremia

None

Daptomycin

Survived

[7]

M, 58

Severe burns

Bacteremia

Enterococcus faecalis

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

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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.