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 |
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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 |