Table 3 Clinical features of cases of Trueperella bernardiae infection in the literature
Case | Study | Reference number | Age (years)/sex | Localization of infection | Clinical manifestation | Clinical setting | Other co-isolated organisms | Treatment (period) | Immunocompromised status | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ieven et al., 1996, Belgium | [20] | 69/M | Urinary tract | Fever | Neurogenic bladder dysfunction | NA | Ciprofloxacin (4Â days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (13Â days) | NA | Cure |
2 | Lepargner et al., 1998, France | [21] | 75/M | Urinary tract | Right back pain, fever | After treatment for urothelial carcinoma without ganglionic metastases | NA | Netilmicin + cefixime (NA), amoxicillin (NA) | NA | Cure |
3 | Adderson, 1998, USA | [22] | 19/F | Hip effusion | Right hip and knee pain, fever, deteriorating renal function | 4-year use of corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide for lupus nephritis | None | Piperacillin/tazobactam + gentamicin (2 days), vancomycin + cefotaxime (2 days), clindamycin (6 weeks) | Corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide use | Cure |
4 | Bemer et al., 2009, France | [23] | 63/M | Knee joint wound | Wound drainage | Tuberculous arthritis of the knee, 6-year-old | Staphylococcus aureus | Clindamycin + fusidic acid (3 weeks) | NA | Cure |
5 | Loiez et al., 2009, France | [14] | 78/M | Hip prosthesis | Hematoma, pain | Left total hip prosthesis 27 years ago | NA | Linezolid + cefotaxime (NA), rifampicin + olfloxiacin (12 weeks) | NA | Cure |
6 | Clarke et al., 2010, USA | [24] | 62/F | Abdominal wall skin abscess | Left lower abdominal pain, redness of the skin, fever, mass on the skin | Diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, sleep apnea | Morganella morganii | Vancomycin + aztreonam (NA), Piperacillin/tazobactam (NA) | Diabetes mellitus, HbA1c: NA | Cure |
7 | Sirijatuphat et al., 2010, Thailand | [25] | 60/M | Kidney abscess, Perinephric abscess | Fever, dysuria, loin pain, weight loss | Diabetes mellitus and renal stones | NA | Ceftazidime (NA), ceftriaxone + clindamycin (NA), clindamicyn (3 months) | NA | Cure |
8 | Weitzel et al., 2011, Chile | [26] | 72/F | Sacral ulcer, Blood | Fever, chills, anorexia, prostration | Alzheimer disease, chronic pressure ulcers 6 months earlier | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Citrobacter freundii | Ceftriaxone + metronidazole (6 days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (6 weeks) | NA | Cure |
9 | Otto et al., 2013, France | [8] | 78/F | Sacral and leg ulcer, blood | Fever, leg and sacral ulcer | Bedridden, obesity, chronic leg ulcer infection | Bacteroides fragilis, Enterococcus avium | Ceftriaxone + cyprofloxacine + metrlnidazole (NA), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (10 days) | Obesity | Cure |
10 | Partha et al., 2015, the UK | [27] | 68/F | Brain abscess | Confusion, vomiting, slurry speech, incontinence | Diabetes insipidus, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic suppurative otitis media | Peptoniphilus harei | Gentamicin + teicoplanin + metronidazole + ceftriaxone + acyclovir (NA), amoxicillin + metronidazole + ceftazidime, ceftriaxione (12 days) | Diabetes mellitus HbA1c: NA, Rheumatoid arthritis | Cure |
11 | Schneider et al., 2015, Denmark | [28] | 45/M | Skin ulcer, blood | Foot ulcers, fever | Diabetic foot gangrene | Staphylococcus simulans, Peptostreptococcus | Piperacillin/tazobactam + ciprofloxacin + gentamicin (16 days), amoxicillin (14 days) | Diabetes mellitus HbA1c: NA | Cure |
12 | Rattes et al., 2016, Brazil | [29] | 24/F | Wound | Fever, pain, purulent periumbilical secretion | Periumbilical cellulitis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy | NA | Piperacillin/tazobactam + vancomycin (6 days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (7 days) | NA | Cure |
13 | Gilarranz et al., 2016, Spain | [30] | 69/F | Knee prosthesis | Left leg pain | Knee hematoma in a patient who underwent total knee replacement | NA | Ciprofloxacin (2Â weeks) | NA | Cure |
14 | VanGorder et al., 2016, USA | [31] | 77/F | Skin abscess | Indurated lesion, pain, drainage | NA | NA | Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (NA) | NA | Cure |
15 | Kawahara et al., 2017, Japan | [16] | 91/F | Urinary tract, blood | Fever, desaturation, shock vital | Parkinson disease, renal stone, hydronephrosis | NA | Meropenem (10Â days) | NA | Cure |
16 | Cobo et al., 2017, Spain | [19] | 69/F | Blood | Fever, pain, wound drainage | Laparotomy due to pericolostomy eventration | NA | Metronidazole + ciprofloxacin (7 days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (7 days) | NA | Cure |
17 | Â | [19] | 70/F | Purulent exudate | Fever, pain, infection signs in a granuloma | Ulcerated inguinal granuloma in patient with metastatic ovarian cancer | Escherichia coli | Metronidazole (7Â days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (7Â days) | Metastatic cancer, chemotherapy | Cure |
18 | Gowe et al., 2018, USA | [32] | 57/M | Olecranon | Fever, pain and swelling in right elbow | Olecranon bursitis in patient after olecranon bursectomy and tenotomy | NA | Ceftriaxone + vancomycin (3 days), doxycycline (14 days) | NA | Cure |
19 | Lawrence et al., 2018, UK | [17] | 56/M | Bone | NA | Diabetic foot infection | NA | NA | Diabetes mellitus HbA1c: NA | NA |
20 | Â | [17] | 42/F | Urine | NA | Ileal conduit | Enterococcus faecalis | NA | NA | NA |
21 | Â | [17] | 32/F | Breast abscess | NA | Breast abscess | None | NA | NA | NA |
22 | Â | [17] | 42/M | Bone | NA | Diabetic foot infection | Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter koseri, Corynebacterium sp. | NA | Diabetes mellitus HbA1c: NA | NA |
23 | Â | [17] | 43/M | Blood | NA | Septic thrombophlebitis in injection drug user | Fusobacterium goindiaformans, Actinomyces funkei | NA | Injection drug user | NA |
24 | Â | [17] | 50/F | Blood | NA | Metastatic cervical cancer | Escherichia coli | NA | Metastatic cancer | NA |
25 | Â | [17] | 32/M | Blood | NA | Still disease | Fusobacterium goindiaformans | NA | Still disease | NA |
26 |  | [17] | 45/M | Blood, vein, left leg abscess | Swellings in left leg and groin, fever, and cough with pleuritic chest pain | Septic thrombophlebitis in injection drug user | Peptoniphilus harei | Cefuroxime + metronidazole (2 weeks), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (4 weeks) | Injection drug user | Cure |
27 | Calatrava et al., 2019, Spain | [18] | 39/F | Breast abscess | Pain and local swelling in right breast | Unremarkable | Actinotignum sanguinis | Cloxaxillin (7Â days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (10Â days) | NA | Cure |
28 | Pan et al., 2019, USA | [33] | 5/M | Brain abscess | Left-sided otalgia, lethargy, emesis, and decreased oral intake, fever, seizure | Acute-on-chronic suppurative left otitis media after bilateral percutaneous tympanostomy tube placement | Actinomyces europaeus, Corynebacterium amycolatum, Corynebacterium aurimucosum | Piperacillin/tazobactam + ceftriaxone (one dose), vancomycin + cefepime + metronidazole (6 days), Meropenem (7 days), vancomycin + cefepime + metronidazole (6 weeks), amoxicillin (6 months) | NA | Cure |
29 | Roh et al., 2019, Korea | [15] | 83/F | Blood | Fever, hypotension | Diabetes mellitus and cerebrovascular disease | Staphyrococcus aureus | Meropenem (2Â days), teicoplanin (11Â days) | Diabetes mellitus HbA1c: NA | Cure |
30 | Tang et al., 2021, USA | [5] | 71/M | Wound | Bulge on right hip where there is a surgical scar | Hip arthroplasty with hematoma on surgical scar | NA | Doxycycline (7Â days), ceftriaxone (6Â weeks), | NA | Cure |
31 | Casale et al., 2022, Italy | [6] | 78/F | Blood | Fever, abdominopelvic pain | Total vulvectomy due to a keratinizing squamous infiltrating carcinoma | Bacteroides fragilis, Enterococcus avium | Piperacillin/tazobactam + metronidazole (NA), clindamycin + metronidazole (14 days) | Cancer, chemotherapy | Cure |
32 | Seki et al., 2022, Japan | [7] | 80/F | Urinary tract, Blood | Fever, desaturation, disturbed level of consciousness | Post stroke, dementia | Proteus mirabilis, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | Piperacillin/tazobactam (14Â days) | NA | Cure |
33 | This present case | Â | 94/F | Urinary tract, blood | Fever | Bedridden, used diapers | Pseudomonas sp. Streptococcus sp. Corynebacterium sp. | Ampicillin/sulbactam (8Â days), Cefazolin (7Â days), cefalexin (7Â days), cefalexin (3Â days), cefazolin (5Â days), ampicillin/sulbactam (7Â days), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (18Â days) | None HbA1c(NGSP): 5.2% | Cure |