Table 2 Review of published S. moorei literatureaand one case from our hospital over the past 12 years
From: First case report of bacteremia caused by Solobacterium moorei in China, and literature review
Case no. | Age (y),Sex | Symptoms | Underlying disease | Complication/Focus | Treatment | Surgery | Outcome | Reference no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bacteremia1 | 67, M | unconscious, feverish, unstable hemodynamic state, severe hypotension and atrial fibrillation | multiple myeloma | Not reported | cefepime | no | Recovered | 11 |
bacteremia2 | 43, F | fever, chills, and rigor associated with vomiting, lower abdominal and anal pain, and watery diarrhea | Acute Proctitis and Carcinoma of the Cervix | Not reported | Piperacillin-tazobactam | no | Recovered | 12 |
bacteremia3 | 37, M | pain in his right groin, fever, rigors and vomiting | intravenous drug use | Femoral vein thrombophlebitis and septic pulmonary embolism | penicillin and metronidazole | no | Recovered | 13 |
bacteremia4 | 43, M | fever, anemia, diarrhea, and general malaise and was complainingabout a toothache. | lymphoma and a kidney transplantation | Not reported | benzylpenicillin and metronidazole | no | Recovered | 14 |
bacteremia5 | 66, F | fever and fatigue | non-small-cell lung carcinoma | meningeal carcinomatosis, septic with low blood pressure, pulmonary abscess | cefuroximeand gentamicin firstly, and then changed to meropenem and metronidazole, ciprofloxacin and metronidazole finally | no | Not reported | 14 |
bacteremia6 | 64, M | fever and signs of gastrointestinal atony | colon cancer and complicated abdominal surgery | septic with low blood pressure | cefuroxime and metronidazole | no | discharged from hospital | 14 |
bacteremia7 | 33, F | fever, headache, and skin numbness | intravenous drug abuse and hepatitis B | thrombosis of the left femoral vein and an abscess | cefuroxime firstly, and then changed to benzylpenicillin and metronidazole | no | Recovered | 14 |
bacteremia8 | 77, M | fever, dry cough, and general discomfort and had been complaining about a toothache | ischemic heart disease and cancer of the prostate | Pneumonia, hypotension | benzylpenicillin | no | Recovered | 14 |
bacteremia9 | 61, M | fever, cough, expectoration, dizziness, headache and fatigue, serious halitosis | TTP, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, rectal cancer and brucellosis | Pneumonia, persistentcoma, accompanied by intermittent convulsions | vancomycin and meropenem | no | discharged from hospital | present case |
wound infection | Not reported | nine cases of surgical wound infection with mixtures of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria involving S. moorei | Perforated appendix, ventral hernia, diabetes mellitus, intravenous drug use | Left thigh Spontaneous abscess of 3 wks’ duration, Abdominal wound abscess, right axilla Furuncle, Abdominal wound infection, Perirectal abscess, Infected pilonidal cyst, Right thigh abscess, Pilonidal abscess | various antimicrobial regimens | yes | Recovered | 10 |