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 |