Table 1.

Main characteristics of Prevotella pleural infections.

Case (year of publication) [reference]	Age (years)/sex	Prevotellaspecies	Identification method	Underlying conditions and/or risk factors	Possible source of infection	Clinical manifestations	CRP (mg/L)	Treatment	Outcome
1 (2013) [2]	17/M	Prevotellaspp	PCR (16S rRNA)	NR	NR	Fever, cough, chest pain	NR	Antibiotics + drainage	Cure
2 (2015) [5]	76/M	Prevotellaspp	PCR (16S rRNA)	DM	NR	Fever, chest pain	147.4	Antibiotics + drainage	Cure
3 (2018) [3]	88/M	Prevotelladentalis	MALDI-TOF MS PCR (16S rRNA)	CRD DM	Lung	Chronic pleural effusion	194.1	Antibiotics + drainage	Died
4 (2020) [5]	42/M	Prevotellaoris	NR	DM	Lung	Chest pain, left upper limb weakness, cough	399	Antibiotics + drainage	Cure
5 (2021) [6]	12/M	Prevotellapleuritidis	Next-generation sequencing-based clinical metagenomics	DM	Lung	Fever, cough, chest pain, dyspnea	NR	Antibiotics + drainage	Cure
6 (2021) [7]	49/M	Prevotellaspp	PCR (16S rRNA)	NR	Lung	Asthenia, fever, weight loss, dyspnea	87.5	Antibiotics + thoracoscopic surgery	Cure
7 (2022) [PR]	60/M	Prevotellaoris	MALDI-TOF MS PCR (16S rRNA)	Mediastinitis	Lung	Chest pain, general malaise, vomiting	Normal	Antibiotics + drainage	Died
8 (2022) [PR]	47/F	Prevotelladenticola	MALDI-TOF MS PCR (16S rRNA)	Autoimmune disease	NR	Drowsiness, inhability to emit language	42.7	Antibiotics + drainage	Cure

M: male; F: female; NR: not reported; CRP: C-reactive protein; PR: present report; DM: diabetes mellitus; CRD: chronic respiratory disease.