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Table 2 Summary of published cases of M. wolinskyi bacteremia

From: Catheter-related bloodstream Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection in an umbilical cord blood transplant recipient: a case report

 

Age

Gender

Comorbidities

Type of infection

Treatment

Intravascular devices

Device removal

Gram stain

Outcome

Time to positive blood culture (days)

Chen et al. [2]

22

f

NHL on chemotherapy

BSI/septic arthritis in native joint

Surgical debridement + AMK (1 month), MXF and MIN (6 months)

Venous port

Yes

N/A

N/A

3

Ohno et al. [3]

55

f

CML on chemotherapy

BSI

No source identified

AMK (1 month), MIN and LVX (6 months)

None

N/A

GPR

Good outcome at 1.5-year follow-up

5

Ariza-Heredia et al. [4]

16

m

Congenital aortic stenosis status post-Ross procedure

BSI, likely endocarditis and infected aortic root graft

AMK, MXF and DOXY (ongoing)

Vascular graft

Yes

N/A

Underwent pulmonary artery conduit replacement

5

Kitajima et al. [5]

82

m

Status-post AVR and MVR

Prosthetic valve endocarditis

AMK, IPM and CLR (6 weeks) then CIP and MIN (total 12 months)

Prosthetic valve

No

GPR

Cure

5

Present case

43

f

AML post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Catheter related blood stream infection

AMK, IPM/CS, LVX and AZM (6 days)

AMK, IPM/CS, LVX and MIN (13 days), AMK, MXF and MIN (15 days)

then MXF (4 months) and MIN (6 months)

PICC

Yes

GPR

Cure

2

  1. NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, AVR aortic valve replacement, MVR mitral valve replacement, AML acute myeloid leukemia, BSI bloodstream infection, AMK amikacin, MXF moxifloxacin, MIN minocycline, LVX levofloxacin, IPM imipenem, CLR clarithromycin, CIP ciprofloxacin, AZM azithromycin, PICC peripherally inserted central catheter, IPM/CS imipenem/cilastatin, N/A not available, GPR Gram-positive rod