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Table 1 Literature review of human infections with Carnobacterium spp. isolated in cultures

From: Carnobacterium inhibens isolated in blood culture of an immunocompromised, metastatic cancer patient: a case report and literature review

Case

Age/Sex

Country

Possible risk factors

Type of culture/body Site

Isolate

Presentation

Treatment

Outcome

Reference

1

35/M

Czech Republic

None

Wound swab of abscess

Mixed flora with C. piscicola

Traumatic hand from water sawmill

Amputation, debridement; Abx

Cured

[17]

2

13/F

China

None

Wound swab of gangrene

Mixed flora with Carnobacterium spp.

Traumatic hand with pool water exposure

Amputation, debridement; IPM

Cured

[18]

3

43/M

Austria

Extensive hx of handling and consuming fish

½ blood culture sets

C. mobile or C. funditum

Sepsis suspected from GI source

CRO/AMP ➔ MXF

Cured

[19]

4

57/F

France

DM; EtOH; TPN; post-cardiac arrest

4 blood culture sets

C. divergens

Septic shock post-cardiac arrest; esophagectomy for necrotizing esophagitis on TPN/EN

Broad spectrum Abx ➔ AMX

Cured

[20]

5

65/M

South Korea

Cancer; neutropenia on etoposide

½ blood culture sets

C. divergens

Febrile neutropenia with oral mucositis on TPN

TZP/VAN

Cured

[21]

6

81/M

Canada

Cancer; chronic steroid use

½ blood culture sets

C. inhibens

Sepsis with multifocal pna

CRO/VAN ➔ AMC

Cured

Our case

  1. Age (years old) and sex (F, female; M, male). Abbreviations: Abx antibiotics (not specified), AMC amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, AMP ampicillin, AMX amoxicillin, CRO ceftriaxone, DM diabetes mellitus, EN enteral nutrition, EtOH chronic alcohol use, GI gastrointestinal, hx history, IPM imipenem, MXF moxifloxacin, pna pneumonia, TPN total parenteral nutrition, TZP piperacillin-tazobactam, VAN vancomycin, ½ 1 of 2 positive culture sets