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Table 3 Clinical features of reported cases of Kerstersia spp. after first identification in 2003 by Coenye et al. [1] (Source: PubMed, Medline)

From: Chronic lower extremity wound infection due to Kerstersia gyiorum in a patient with Buerger’s disease: a case report

Year of publication

Reference number

Authors

Patient age

Gender

Smoking history

Clinical condition

Source

Polymicrobial/monomicrobial

Isolated Species

Antibiotic treatment

Outcome

2012

4

Almuzara et al.

16

Male

Absent

Complicated chronic otitis media

Bezold’s abscess

Monomicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Iv ampicillin-sulbactam and ceftriaxone (3 days) Oral ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

Recovered

2013

2

Pence et al.

55

Male

Present

Chronic otitis medi

Mastoid cavity specimen

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Corynebacterium amycolatum

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (14 days)

Recovered

2013

2

Pence et al.

61

Female

Absent

Lower leg ulcer

Wound specimen swab

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Morganella morganii

Ciprofloxacin (10 days)

Unknown

2014

8

Deutscher et al.

63

Female

Absent-

Ventilator-dependent chronic respiratory failure,

Chronic tracheostomy

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Piperacillin-tazobactam, doripenem, ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, colistin

Died from complications

2014

6

Mwalutende et al.

53

Male

Present

Chronic suppurative otitis media

Ear swab

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum,

Proteus mirabilis

Ciprofloxacin ear drops

Recovered

2014

6

Mwalutende et al.

33

Male

Absent

Chronic suppurative otitis media

Ear swab

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum,

Escherichia coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Ciprofloxacin ear drops

Recovered

2015

5

Uysal et al.

25

Male

Absent

Chronic suppurative otitis media

Ear swab

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Pseudomonas aeruginosa,

Imipenem (10 days)

Recovered

2015

7

Bostwick et al.

69

Female

Absent

Chronic lower extremity ulcer, bacteremia, sepsis

Blood culture

Monomicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Ciprofloxacin, clindamycin (14 days)

Recovered

2016

3

Ogawa et al.

82

Male

Absent

Urinary tract infection

Urine

Polymicrobial

Kerstersia gyiorum

Proteus vulgaris

Levofloxacin (5 days)

Recovered

2012

12

Vandamme et al.

54

Male

Unknown

Unknown

Neck abscess

Unknown

Kerstersia similis

Unknown

Unknown