Aeromonas sobria necrotizing fasciitis and sepsis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and review of the literature

Spadaro, Savino; Berselli, Angela; Marangoni, Elisabetta; Romanello, Anna; Colamussi, Maria Vittoria; Ragazzi, Riccardo; Zardi, Silvia; Volta, Carlo Alberto

doi:10.1186/1752-1947-8-315

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Table 1 Cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Aeromonas species reported in the medical literature

From: Aeromonas sobria necrotizing fasciitis and sepsis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and review of the literature

Cases	Gender/age (year)	Predisposing factors	Location	Species	Antibiotics	Surgical treatments	Outcome/length of stay (days)
Chang et al.[6]	M/60	B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Lower extremities	Aeromonas sobria	Ceftazidime+teicoplanin	None	Death/7
Chang et al.[6]	M/60	B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Lower extremities	Aeromonas sobria	→imipenem/cilastatin+vancomycin	None	Death/7
	F/39	T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Lower extremities	A. sobria	Imipenem/cilastatin→levofloxacin	None	Death/3
	M/65	Acute myeloid leukemia	Lower extremities	A. sobria	Ceftazidime+teicoplanin	None	Death/5
Tsai et al.[14]	M/66	Diabetes mellitus, local wound trauma	Forearm	A. sobria	Cefuroxime+gentamicin	Fasciotomy+debridement	Death/2
	M/79	Diabetes mellitus	Lower extremities	A. sobria	Vancomycin+ceftazidime	Amputation	Death/11
	M/79	Diabetes mellitus	Lower extremities	A. sobria	→ceftriaxone+metronidazole	Amputation	Death/11
Stano et al.[4]	M/43	Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infected	Lower extremities (rhabdomyolysis)	A. sobria	Metronidazole+ceftriaxone	None	Death/-
Martino et al.[9]	F/41	Acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia	Calf (local myonecrosis and pseudoabscess)	Aeromonas hydrophila	Ceftazidime+amikacin+ciprofloxacin	Drainage	Cured
	M/50	Acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia	Lower extremities	A. sobria	Ceftazidime+amikacin	None	Death/3
Kao et al.[16]	M/76	Local trauma	Hand	Aeromonas schubertii	Penicillin→minocycline	Fasciotomy+debridement	Death/-
Furusu et al.[17]	M/66	Diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, hemodialysed	Lower extremity	A. hydrophila	Piperacillin+clindamycin	Fasciotomy+debridement→amputation	Cured
					→clindamycin+minocycline
					+ceftazidime
					→aztreonam+clindamycin
Apisarnthanarak et al.[18]	M/61	Cirrhosis	Neck soft tissue	A. hydrophila	Amoxicillin→ampicillin-clavulanate→ceftriaxone	Debridement	Cured
Apisarnthanarak et al.[18]	M/61	Cirrhosis	Neck soft tissue	A. hydrophila	+clindamycin+ciprofloxacin	Debridement	Cured
Minnaganti et al.[1]	M/81	Congestive heart failure and peripheral neuropathy	Forearm	A. hydrophila	Clindamycin+Levofloxacin	Amputation	Death/-
Kumar et al.[19]	M/71	Hypertension and previous coronary artery bypass graft	Lower extremity	Aeromonas caviae	Ceftriaxone+amikacin	Fasciotomy+debridement	Cured

M, male; F, female.

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