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Table 1 Cases of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis bacteremia in adult immunocompetent patients. “Septic shock” is defined based on a clinical construct of sepsis with persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain a mean arterial pressure of ≥65 mmHg and having a serum lactate level > 2 mmol/L despite adequate volume resuscitation

From: Septic shock due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection in an adult immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review

Author

Age/Sex

Probable portal of entry

Contaminated food or water exposure

Septic shock

Treatment

Outcome

Reference

Ljungberg et al.

54/M

Unknown

Unknown

No

PCG→

CTRX→

CPFX

Survived

[12]

Ressler et al.

68/F

Skin and soft tissue

Unknown

No

Unknown

Survived

[13]

Lai et al.

33/M

Gastrointestinal tract

Unknown

Unknown

MFLX→

CPFX

Survived

[14]

Mashiba et al.

22/F

Unknown

None

No

CEZ→

FOM→

IPM/CS

Survived

[15]

Our case

38/M

Gastrointestinal tract

Undercooked food

No

CTRX→

DRPM→

CMZ

Survived

 
  1. Age (years old) and sex (F, female; M, male). Abbreviations: CEZ cefazolin, CMZ cefmetazole, CPFX ciprofloxacin, CTRX ceftriaxion, DRPM doripenem, FOM fosfomycin, IPM/CS imipenem/cilastatin, MFLX moxifloxacin, PCG penicillin G