Table 1.
Data for the 27 Solobacterium moorei cases with available data included in this study.
| Case | Type of Infection | Age (Sex) | Medical History | Specimen | Co-Isolated Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteremia | |||||
| 1 | 76(M) | Diabetes, sepsis, and peritonitis after hemicolectomy for colon cancer | Blood culture | Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Escherichia coli | |
| 2 | 85(M) | Not available | Blood culture | Streptococcus constellatus | |
| 3 | 65(M) | Diabetes, diabetic foot infection | Blood culture | Gemella sp. | |
| 4 | 52(M) | Diabetes, diabetic foot infection | Blood culture | Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus (in other vials), Staphylococcus aureus | |
| 5 | 37(M) | Peritonsillar phlegmon | Blood culture | Prevotella sp. | |
| 6 | 93(M) | Severe sepsis and diarrhea | Blood culture | None | |
| 7 | 42(F) | Decompensated chronic alcoholic cirrhosis with ascites | Blood culture | None | |
| 8 | 88(F) | Not available | Blood culture | None | |
| 9 | 70(M) | Not available | Blood culture | None | |
| 10 | 36(M) | Not available | Blood culture | Not available | |
| 11 | 75 (F) | Bowel obstruction and appendicular peritonitis | Blood culture | None | |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | |||||
| 12 | Deep neck abscess | 53(M) | Oropharyngeal cancer | Pus | Streptoccus anginosus, polymicrobial anaerobic culture |
| 13 | Paratracheal abscess | 69(M) | Diabetes, lung cancer with thyroid metastasis | Pus | Anaerococcus murdochii, Eikenella corrodens, Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. constellatus |
| 14 | Auricular chondritis and abscess | 22(F) | Preauricular fistula | Pus | None |
| 15 | Breast abscess | 50(F) | None | Pus | Fusobacterium nucleatum, unidentified Clostridiales |
| 16 | Infected pressure ulcer | 35(M) | Traumatic paraplegia | Biopsy | Bacteroides fragilis, E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae |
| 17 | Infected pressure ulcer | 60(M) | Traumatic paraplegia | Biopsy | E. coli |
| 18 | Stump infection | 43(F) | Below-knee amputation for tibial tumor | Biopsy | P. asaccharolyticus |
| Osteo-articular infection | |||||
| 19 | Mandibular bone infection | 84(F) | Breast cancer, mandibular bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis, submandibular cutaneous fistula, oral lesions | Biopsy | Enterobacter cloacae complex |
| 20 | Sternal osteitis | 77(F) | Diabetes, thoracic injuries after radiation for breast cancer | Collection | Actinomyces radingae, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Klebsiella oxytoca, Morganella morganii |
| 21 | Ulnar osteitis | 49(F) | Self-injurious behavior, chronic forearm injury | Biopsy | Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, S. aureus, S. anginosus, Streptococcus mitis/oralis |
| 22 | Diabetic foot osteitis | 71(M) | Diabetes | Biopsy | Streptococcus agalactiae |
| 23 | Pressure ulcer-related pelvic osteomyelitis | 60(F) | Diabetes, ischemic paraplegia | Biopsy | Actinomyces turicensis, B. fragilis, Clostridium ramosum, Finegoldia magna, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus |
| 24 | Pressure ulcer-related femoral osteitis | 31(M) | Traumatic tetraplegia | Biopsy | S. aureus, S. mitis/oralis |
| Central nervous system infection | |||||
| 25 | Brain abscess | 39(M) | Craniofacial trauma | Pus | Actinomyces odontolyticus, F. magna |
| 26 | Intracranial epidural abscess and brain abscess | 72(M) | Meningioma resection | Intracranial tissue |
A. odontolyticus, Atopobium parvulum, Bacteroides uniformis, E. coli, S. anginosus |
| Intra-abdominal infection | |||||
| 27 | Necrotizing pancreatitis | 47(M) | Obesity, severe hypertriglyceridemia, biliary lithiasis | Collection | S. aureus, S. agalactiae, S. anginosus |