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Table 4 Risk factors for Streptococcus pseudoporcinus acquisition and probable sites of colonization with subsequent bacteremia and severe invasive disease (6 cases [11,12,13,14,15] including the present case)

From: Fatal Streptococcus pseudoporcinus disseminated infection in decompensated liver cirrhosis: a case report

Risk factors

 

Age

40–81 (mean 55) years

Diabetes mellitus

2/7

Hypertension

2/7

Immunosuppression

3/7

Chronic heart failure

3/7

Obesity

1/7

Probable sites of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus colonization

Gastrointestinal tract/oropharynx

(6/7)

Genitourinary tract

(1/7)