Table 2 Demographic, clinical, and diagnostic details, treatment, and outcome compared among the four reported patients with Streptobacillus notomytis infection
Fukushima et al. 2018 [4] | Ogawa et al. 2018 [6] | Kusuda et al. 2019 [5] | The present case 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 67 | 94 | 67 | 72 |
Gender | Female | Female | Male | Female |
City, country | Okinawa, Japan | Nara, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Bangkok, Thailand |
Comorbidities | Hypertension Dyslipidemia | None | Hypertension | Cervical spondylosis |
Clinical manifestations | Fever Rash Polyarthritis | Fever Oligoarthritis | Fever Rash Polyarthritis | Fever Polyarthritis Meningitis Hepatitis Spondylodiscitis |
Positive specimens | Blood Pus | Synovial fluid Intraoral swab from rats in the patient’s house | Blood | Synovial fluid Tissue biopsy from disc L4–L5 |
Identification technique | Culture and PCR | Culture and PCR | Culture and PCR | PCR |
Treatment | Ampicillin 16 days | Ceftriaxone 15 days Ampicillin/sulbactam 14 days Minocycline | Meropenem 14 days | Ceftriaxone 30 days Amoxicillin 12 weeks |
Outcome | Complete recovery | Died from Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia | Complete recovery | Complete recovery |