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Table 1 Summary of Facklamia hominis infection risk factors, diagnostic methods, and treatment

From: Facklamia hominis pyelonephritis in a pediatric patient: first case report and review of the literature

Pub year/Place

Gender/Age

Underlying condition

Infection

Sample

Identification Method

Provided antibiotic treatment

2004, UK [10]

F/ 34 Y

Pregnancy

Chorioamnionitis and puerperal bacteremia

Placental tissue swabs and placental tissue

ND

Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

Metronidazole

2010, UK

[11]

ND/ ND

Ischemic stroke

Endocarditis

Blood culture

PCR

Gentamicin and Vancomycin

2012, India

[12]

M/ 35 Y

Rheumatic heart disease

Endocarditis

Blood culture

Vitek®2 system

Ceftriaxone

Gentamicin

2014, Spain

[5]

F/ 81 Y

Obesity

Prosthetic joint infection

Periprosthetic femoral Prosthetic

tissue, femoral

interface membrane,

acetabular interface

membrane

Vitek®2 system

Amoxicillin

Ceftriaxone

2015, France

[16]

F/40 Y

None

Scapular abscess

Abscess culture

MALDI-TOF

Pristinamycine

2015, USA

[13]

F/41 Y

Recurrent sinusitis

Meningitis

CSF culture

Vitek®2 system

Ceftriaxone

2017, Germany

[17]

M/63 Y

Melanoma

Thoracic abscess

Abscess culture

PCR

Clindamycin

2019, Spain

[18]

M/9 Y

Phimosis + balanopreputial adhesions

Balanoposthitis

Urethral exudate culture

MALDI-TOF

Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

2019, Korea

[19]

M/67 Y

Hepatitis B virus-cirrhosis

Epidermal cyst

Wound secretion culture

Vitek®2 system

Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

2020, Switzerland

[14]

M/75 Y

Benign prostatic hyperplasia + transurethral prostate resection

Urosepsis

Urine culture

RAST (vClassic RAST)

Ampicillin-Sulbactam

Vancomycin

2020, France

[6]

F/ 57 Y

Uterine myomatosis and obesity

Peritonitis

Peritoneal culture

MALDI-TOF Vitek MS®

Cefotaxime

Metronidazole

Amoxicillin

2021, USA

(20)

F/64 Y

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary

artery disease

Hidradenitis suppurativa

Axillary abscess culture

MALDI-TOF

Moxifloxacin

Vancomycin

Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

2021, Mexico

F/ 7 Y

Congenital lymphangioma

Pyelonephritis

Urine culture

MALDI-TOF

Gentamicin

  1. M male, F female, CFS cerebrospinal fluid, PCR polymerase chain reaction, MALDI-TOF matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight, ND no data