Table 2.

Published case reports with Arcobacter butzleri bacteraemia

Case report	Sex/age	Comorbidity	Presenting features	Method of identification	Susceptibility data	Treatment	Outcome
On et al. [2] (1995)	M/1 day	Preterm labour	Hypotension, hypothermia and hypoglycaemia	Phenotypic	Resistance to amoxicillin, piperacillin, cefuroxime, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and trimethoprim	Penicillin, cefotaxime	Cured
Yan et al. [3] (2000)	M/60 years	Chronic hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis	Fever (39.5 °C), haematemesis, distended abdomen, and pitting oedema in the lower extremities. Leukocyte count: 12.0×109 l−1.	16S rRNA gene sequencing	Ampicillin 24 mg ml−1; amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 6.0/3.0 mg ml−1; cephalothin >256 mg ml−1; cefuroxime 96 mg ml−1; cefotaxime 24 mg ml−1; and clarithromycin 3.0 mg ml−1	Cefuroxime	Cured
Lau et al. [4] (2002)	F/69 years	None	Fever (38.0 °C), and right lower quadrant pain. Leukocyte count: 18.1×109 l−1.	16S rRNA gene sequencing	Resistance to cephalothin and susceptible to nalidixic acid	Cefuroxime, metronidazole	Cured
Arguello et al. [5] (2015)	M/85	Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	Fever (39.3 °C), hypotension, diffuse maculopapular rash on the skin, serous wounds on the right lower extremity, and diarrhoea. Leukocyte count: 15.2×109 l−1.	16S rRNA gene sequencing	Unable to perform susceptibility testing	Vancomycin, piperacillin-tazobactam	Cured