Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with non-O Vibrio cholerae necrotizing fasciitis
Year of report (Source) | Age, Sex | Underlying diseases/risk factors | Treatment | Outcome | Country | O-Antigen | Epidemiologic exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 (9) | 51 M | Diabetes mellitus | Surgery (amputation, multiple debridement),and antibiotics (ticarcillin/clavulanate, imipenem, gentamicin, clindamycin) | Survived | USA | Exposure of a chronic plantar ulcer to sand in a bathhouse | |
1998 (10) | 48 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, cefotaxime, minocycline, cefotaxime | Survived | Taiwan | ||
1998 (10) | 79 F | Cirrhosis, congestive heart failure | Surgery, ceftriaxone | Died | Taiwan | ||
2004 (11) | 68 M | Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus | Surgical debridement, ceftazidime, doxycycline | Died | Taiwan | O56 | |
2004 (12) | 70 M | Hepatitis C | Surgery, antibiotics (third-generation cephalosporin, doxycycline) | Died | Taiwan | Handling seafood | |
2004 (12) | 63 M | Hepatitis, steroids | Surgery, antibiotics (third-generation cephalosporin, doxycycline) | Survived | Taiwan | Exposure to sea water | |
2006 (13) | 52 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, clindamycin, ceftazidime, tetracycline | Survived | Taiwan | Probable wound infection | |
2009 (14) | 57 M | Cirrhosis, hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Consumption of raw seafood | |
2009 (14) | 58 M | Cirrhosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
2009 (14) | 69 M | Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus | Surgery, antibiotics | Died | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
2009 (14) | 70 M | Cirrhosis | Surgery, antibiotics | Survived | Taiwan | Seawater exposure | |
2009 (14) | 62 M | COPD | Surgery, antibiotics | Survived | Taiwan | Insect bite wound infection | |
2011 (15) | 49 M | HIV, hepatitis C, cirrhosis | Surgical debridement, daptomycin, levofloxacin | Survived | Italy | O137 | Minor abrasion exposed to seawater |
2016 (16) | 73 M | Diabetes mellitus | Surgical debridement, piperacillin/tazobactam, fosfomycin | Survived | Austria | Seawater exposure | |
2016 (16) | 80 M | Ichthyosis, cellulitis | Surgical debridement, piperacillin/tazobactam, tigecycline, metronidazole | Died | Austria | Seawater exposure | |
2016 (17) | 6 3 M | None | Surgical debridement, penicillin, gentamicin, metronidazole | Survived | Croatia | O8 | Seawater exposure |