Bacteremia caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum in an infective endocarditis patient: case report and review of literature

Table 1 Summary of reported cases of Bergeyella zoohelcum infection

Reference	Age (yr)/Sex	Infection	Exposure	Underlying disease	Treatment	Outcome
Noel et al., 1989 [18]	80/F	Bed sore infection	Cat contact	Diabetes mellitus	Cefotaxime	Recovered
Montejo et al., 2001 [5]	33/M	Wound infection	Dog bite	None	Day 1–14: amoxicillin-clavulanic	Recovered
Kivinen et al., 2003 [19]	77/F	Skin infection	Cat contact	Diabetes mellitus, steriod use	Cefotaxime	Recovered
Shukla SK et al., 2004 [7]	60/F	Cellulitis and lymphangitis	Cat bite	Not reported	Day 1: Amoxicillin/clavulanate Day 2–7: Ampicillin/sulbactam	Recovered
Beltran et al., 2006 [8]	44/F	Diarrhea	Goat^’s blood ingestion	None	Day 2–9: ciprofloxacin	Recovered
Wei-Ru lin et al., 2007 [15]	73/M	Cellulitis	Dog contact	Liver cirrhosis, transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder	Day 1–14: Cefazolin and gentamicin	Recovered
Kyung Mok Sohn et al., 2015 [16]	26/M	Infective endocarditis	None	None	Day 4–5:ampicillin/sulbactam Day 6–48:ceftriaxone	Recovered
Kyung Mok Sohn et al., 2015 [16]	47/M	Infective endocarditis	None	Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia	Day 1–3: ceftriaxone, ampicillin, and gentamicin Day 4–32: piperacillin/tazobactam and amikacin Day33–36:ampicillin/sulbactam	Recovered
This present case	27/F	Infective endocarditis	None	None	Day1–42:Cefuroxime	Recovered

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