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Table 2 Summary of cases with invasive Streptococcus acidominimus

From: Streptococcus acidominimus causing invasive disease in humans: a case series

Reference

Year

Country

Gender

Age

Community acquired

Specimen

Mixed infection

Underlying conditions

Infection loci

[3]

1988

Japan

M

41

Yes

Cerebral spinal fluid

No

None

Pneumonia, pericarditis

[4]

2003

USA

M

15

Yes

Blood

No

Ventricular septal defect

Pneumonia, pericarditis

[5]

2003

Israel

M

12

Yes

Pus drainage

No

None

Otitis media (Gradenigo’s syndrome)

[7]

2004

China

M

34

Yes

Pus drainage

No

Ovarian cyst

Abdominal encapsulated effusion

[2]

2008

USA

M

55

Yes

Pleural effusion

No

Hypertension, paranoid schizophrenia

Thoracic cavity

[6]

2007

USA

M

60

Yes

Pus drainage

No

None

Brain abscess

[8]

2008

USA

F

80

Yes

Blood

No

Aortic valve replacement, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease

Prosthetic valve endocarditis

M

76

Yes

Blood

No

Non-small cell lung cancer, hypertension, coronary artery disease

Pneumonia

Present study

2011 to 2012

China

F

67

No

Pus drainage

No

Acute cholecystitis, post- endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage

Gallbladder fossa

M

60

No

Pus drainage

No

Esophageal cancer, post operation

Peritonitis

F

63

No

Pus drainage

No

Liver cancer, liver transplantation

Encapsulated pleural effusion

Fa

55

Unknown

Blood

Yes

Maintenance hemodialysis

Sepsis with no focus

M

52

No

Blood

No

Liver cirrhosis and hepatitis-related glomerulonephritis

Sepsis with incomplete intestinal obstruction

  1. aThe infectious environment for this patient was undetermined because she was infected before admission, but she had long-term maintenance hemolysis. The mixed microorganism for her was Enterococcus faecalis. F, female; M, male.