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Table 1 Summary of current literature

From: Streptococcus cristatus bacteremia in a patient with poor oral hygiene: a case report

Study

Patient profile

Site of isolation

Coinfectants

Complications

Antibiotic treatment

Matthys, 2006 [2]

·37-year-old immunocompetent male

Blood

Streptococcus mitis

·Cardiac vegetations

·Severe aortic insufficiency requiring prosthetic valve

Ampicillin 6 × 2 g/day and gentamycin 3 × 1.5 mg/kg/day

Matthys, 2006

·52-year-old-male with a history of epilepsy

Resected aortic valve

Coagulase-negative staphylococcus

·Severe aortic insufficiency

· Severe mitral insufficiency

·Mitral perforation

· Severe left ventricular dilatation

·Left-sided heart failure

·Failed: ceftriaxone and metronidazole

·Succeeded: ampicillin 6 × 2 g/day, gentamycin 3 × 60 mg/day, piperacillin-tazobactam 4 × 4 g/day, and oxacillin 2 g/day

Matthys, 2006

·3-year-old female with a history of mental retardation and epilepsy

Blood

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

Choe, 2021 [3]

·59-year-old woman with history of glaucoma

Vitreous fluid

·Left-sided bleb-related endophthalmitis

·Permanent left-sided vision loss

·Topicals: Tobramycin (2.0%, 20 mg/mL), cefazolin (10%, 100 mg/mL), and moxifloxacin (0.5%, 5.45 mg/mL)

·Systemic: Cefuroxime 1.5 g/day and tobramycin 160 mg/day

Gupta, 2020 [4]

·15-day-old healthy male

Synovial fluid

Vancomycin