Table 1. Relevant studies concerning BCC infection in DM patients without CF.

Article	Study design	BCC infection in a patient with DM
Ku et al . ¹⁰	Retrospective cohort study Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters of 27 patients with positive blood cultures to BCC. Outcome: overall 28-day mortality	Based on a univariate analysis, DM was a risk factor for mortality
Sen and Demirdal ¹¹	Retrospective cohort study Objective: Risk factors for mortality in DFI	BCC was a pathogen in two cases of SSTI (2/401, 0.5%)
Fadini et al. ¹²	Case report	Deep neck abscess (SSTI)
Saran et al . ¹³	Case report	Spread pyomyositis (SSTI)
Pathengay et al . ¹⁴	Case report	Recurrent endophthalmitis caused by BCC
Ibrahim and Yap ¹⁶	Case report	BCC keratitis in an elderly patient
Muda et al . ¹⁵	Retrospective observational study Objectives: clinical presentation, systemic risk factors, source of the infectious microorganism, treatment outcomesand prognostic indicators of endogenous endophthalmitis	Endophthalmitis (1/120, 0.83%)

CF = cystic fibrosis ; DM = diabetes mellitus.