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Table 1 Bloodstream infections of humans with Gordonia polyisoprenivorans and underlying conditions

From: Bacteremia due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: case report and review of literature

Case

Authors

Age/Gender

Yr of isolation /Region

Type of infection

Identification method

Underlying conditions

Treatment

1

Verma P et al. [11]

78/M

2003/USA

Endocarditis

16S rRNA gene sequence and DNA-DNA hybridization

HHT,MDS, pancytopenia

imipenem and amikacin

2

Kempf VA et al. [12]

24/F

2004/Germany

Bacteremia due to CVC

16S rRNA gene sequence

CML, s/p-BMT

piperacillin-tazobactam

3

Langer AJ et al. [13]

17/ F

2007/USA

Bacteremia due to CVCand pneumonia

16S rRNA gene sequence

AML

vancomycin and ceftazidime; ciprofloxacin and azithromycin

4

Gupta M et al. [1]

17/F

2008/USA

pneumonia with associated bacteremia

16S rRNA gene sequence

AML

ciprofloxacin, zithromycin, vancomycin, ceftazidime

5

Ramanan P et al. [14]

48/M

2012/USA

Bacteremia due to CVC

16S rRNA gene sequence

AML,

s/p-allogeneic PBSCT

ceftriaxone

6

present

37/M

2016/China

Bacteremia due to CVC

16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequence

AIDS-related lymphoma

imipenem

  1. F female, M male, HHT hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, CML chronic myelogenous leukemia, BMT bone marrow transplant, s/p status post, AML acute myelogenous leukemia, PBSCT peripheral blood stem cell transplant, AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome