Table 1 Existing case reports documenting infection by Cardiobacterium valvarum
From: An unusual case of Cardiobacterium valvarum causing aortic endograft infection and osteomyelitis
Han et al. (2004) | Hoover et al. (2005) | Bothelo et al. (2006) | Gonzalez et al. (2007) | Geissdorfer et al. (2007) | Vaněrková et al. (2010) | Hoffman et al. (2010) | Chen et al. (2011) | Abraham et al. (2012) | Choudhury et al. (2013) | Pusch et al. (2015) | Bonavent et al. (2016) | Ni et al. (2018) | Irabien et al. (2019) | |
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Patient age | 37 | 46 | 51 | 29 | 71 | 63 | 28 | 64 | 65 | 53 | 45 | 72 | 41 | 18 |
Symptoms at presentation | Insidious, cardiopulmonary | Insidious | Insidious | Insidious | Insidious | Insidious | Insidious, cardiopulmonary | Insidious | Insidious, cardiopulmonary | Insidious | Cardiopulmonary | Neurologic | Cardiopulmonary | Insidious |
Risk factors | Dental | Dental, cardiac | Dental, cardiac | None | Cardiac | None | Dental, cardiac | Dental, cardiac | None | Dental, cardiac | Cardiac | Cardiac | Dental | Cardiac |
Cardiac imaging findings | Valvular disease, vegetations | Valvular disease, reduced LVEF | Vegetations, Abscess | Valvular disease, aortic dehiscence | Valvular disease, vegetations, abscess | Valvular disease, vegetations | Valvular disease, vegetation | Valvular disease | Valvular disease, vegetations | Valvular disease | Vegetations | Valvular disease, vegetations | Valvular disease, vegetations | Valvular disease |
Neurologic symptoms | Facial Droop | None | None | Slurred speech, numbness | Weakness | None | None | None | Dysphasia, hemiplegia, facial weakness, Babinski’s sign | Headache | None | Vision loss, confusion | None | None |
CNS imaging findings | SAH | None | None | Acute infarcts | Acute infarcts | None | None | None | vasculitis, acute infarct | Acute infarcts | None | Acute infarct | SAH, acute infarct | None |
Surgical intervention | AVR | AVR | AVR | AVR | AVR | AVR, TVA | Replacement Prosthetic Valve-conduit | MVR | None | AVR | None | AVR | MVR, TVA | Repair MV, TV, ASD, RVOT Conduit |
Antimicrobial treatment | Piperacillin-tazobactam | Ceftriaxone | Amoxicillin, gentamicin | Ceftriaxone, vancomycin | Ceftriaxone, rifampin, amikacin | Ceftriaxone, gentamicin, cefuroxime | Ceftriaxone | Cefuroxime, gentamicin | Gentamicin, piperacillin-tazobactam | Ceftriaxone, levofloxacin | Ceftriaxone | Penicillin, gentamicin, moxifloxacin | Ceftizoxime | Ceftriaxone |
Clinical outcome | Alive | Alive | Unknown | Alive | Deceased | Alive | Alive | Alive | Deceased | Alive | Alive | Alive | Alive | Alive |