Table 3. Summary of patient characteristics and treatment details of the reported cases of infections due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae.

DMARDs: disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

Author and year	Patient characteristics	Underlying condition	Trauma/ exposure to animals	Source of infection/ diagnosis	Treatment given	Outcome
Koh et al., 2009 [4]	Mastectomy patient	Breast cancer treated	Fresh seafood contact	Upper limb cellulitis	Not specified	Recovered
Park et al., 2012 [2]	61-year male	Rheumatoid arthritis on DMARDS	Nil	Prosthetic joint infection	Vancomycin and ceftriaxone	Recovered
Jordal et al., 2015 [3]	65-year male	Nil	Nil	Endocarditis	Initially meropenem and vancomycin	Recovered
Chennapragada et al., 2018 [5]	49-year female	Multiple comorbid conditions	Nil	Lower limb cellulitis	Initially vancomycin, cefepime later changed to ceftriaxone	Recovered
Im et al., 2019 [7]	22-day neonate	Nil	Nil	Meningitis	Ampicillin	Recovered
Balamurugan et al., (this study)	45-year male	Nil	Nil	Cellulitis	Piperacillin/tazobactam and vancomycin	Died