Table 2 Previous reports about Brevibacterium species bacteremia
From: Brevibacterium paucivorans bacteremia: case report and review of the literature
Author (Year) | Sex | Age | Brevibacterium species | Underlying disease | Indwelling catheter | Treatment regimen | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McCaughey (1991) [1] | M | 40 | Epidermidis | Zollinger-Ellison syndrome | + | EM | Improved |
Lina (1994) | M | 19 | Not specified | Lymphoblastic lymphoma | + | TEIC AMK | Recurred |
Reinert (1995) [3] | M | 25 | Casei | Testicular chorion carcinoma | + | PIPC TEIC | Recurred |
Kaukoranta-Tolvanen (1995) [10] | F | 46 | Casei | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | + | ND | Recurred |
Castagnola (1997) [11] | Casei | Neuro-blastoma | + | ND | Improved | ||
Brazzola (2000) [12] | F | 18 | Casei | AIDS | + | CPFX | Improved |
Ogunc (2002) [13] | ND | 60 | Not specified | Chronic lymphatic leukemia | ND | CAZ AMK | Improved |
Janda (2003) [4] | M | 34 | Casei | AIDS | + | VCM GM | Improved |
Beukinga (2004) [14] | F | 43 | Casei | Crohn’s disease | + | VCM | Dead |
Beukinga (2004) [14] | M | 31 | Casei | Received HD. Disease was not mentioned | + | VCM | Improved |
Ulrich (2006) [15] | F | 62 | Casei | Pulmonary hypertension | + | VCM followed by MFLX | Improved |
Ours (2018) | F | 94 | Paucivorans | Diabetes mellitus Chronic heart failure | – | MEPM TEIC | Improveda |