Table 2.
Antimicrobials and clinical infections with Weissella confusa: humans respond very well to antibiotics.
| Age, Sex | Underlying Conditions | Clinical Infection |
Treatment | Outcome | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, F | Gastrostomy | Bacteremia | Cephalosporin | Cured | [43] |
| 71, M | Cecal carcinoma | Bacteremia | Cephalosporin | Cured | [43] |
| - | - | Organ colonization | Ampicillin | Cured | [44] |
| 49, M | None | Abscess infection | Cephalothin | Cured | [45] |
| - | - | Organ colonization | Ampicillin | Cured | [46] |
| 46, M | Abdominal aortic dissection repair, coronary artery bypass grafting, parenteral nutrition | Bacteremia | Piperacillin-tazobactam | Cured | [47] |
| 49, M | Alcohol abuse history, treatment with corticosteroids | Endocarditis, Bacteremia | None | Fatal | [48] |
| 65, M | Aortic insufficiency | Infective endocarditis |
Penicillin G, gentamicin, moxifloxacin, cefoperazone | Cured | [49] |
| 56.6, 6F, and 4M |
Malignancy (4), chronic steroid use (3), chemotherapy (3), abdominal surgery (4), polymicrobial infection (5), central catheter (6) | Bacteremia | Vancomycin, ceftazidime, ampicillin-sulbactam, amoxicillin-clavulanate, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | Cured (4), Fatal (6) |
[50] |
| 34, M | Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient | Bacteremia | Vancomycin, aztreonam, and daptomycin | Cured | [51] |
| 58, M | Severe burns, polymicrobial infection, central catheter | Bacteremia | Vancomycin, imipenem, and daptomycin | Cured | [51] |
| 54, M | Hepatocellular carcinoma, Liver transplant, hepatic artery thrombosis, diabetes | Bacteremia | Metronidazole and levofloxacin | Cured | [52] |
| 48, M | Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma | Bacteremia | Cefoperazone-sulbactam Metronidazole |
Cured | [53] |
| 60, F | Hypertension, aortic intramural hematoma | Bacteremia | Teicoplanin and piperacillin-tazobactam | Cured | [54] |
| 94, F | Osteoarthritis, total knee arthroplasty | Prosthetic joint | Levofloxacin | Cured | [55] |
| 63, F | Crohn’s disease with gastrointestinal strictures, central venous catheter | Bacteremia | Piperacillin/tazobactam | Cured | [56] |
| 14, M | Medulloblastoma, surgery, chemo and radiotherapy, polymicrobial infection | Bacteremia | Clindamycin, amikacin | Cured | [57] |
| 78, M | Immunodeficiency | Meningitis | Ampicillin | [3] | |
| 25, M | Crohn’s disease, short bowel syndrome, intestinal failure | Bacteremia | Meropenem, metronidazole, and cefuroxime | Cured | [10] |