Case | Age/Sex | Country | Possible risk factors | Type of culture/body Site | Isolate | Presentation | Treatment | Outcome | Reference |
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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 |