Species/ no. of Isolates |
Age Land Sex |
Isolated from |
Underlying Illness |
Major Clinical Manifestations |
Coisolates |
Treatment |
Outcome |
A. odontolyticus/ 1 |
56 F |
blood |
cirrhosis |
bloody vomiting and diarrhoea |
-a
|
antibiotics (m, mt) |
death from other causes |
A. turicensis/ 4 |
24 F |
pus (nates) |
-a
|
soft tissue abscess on nates |
- |
surgery |
recovery |
|
56 M |
tissue (necrotic) |
extraction of infected tooth |
fasciitis of face and neck |
H. parainfluenzae, NHS, CNS, Prevotella spp. |
surgery, 17 and later 15 days of antibiotics (p/cu + mt, d) |
recovery |
|
63 F |
pus (bladder) |
chronic dialysis |
cystitis |
B. fragilis, CNS |
rinsing of the bladder, 25 days of antibiotics (d, ci + mt) |
recovery |
|
46 F |
pus (rectum) |
- |
rectum abscess |
- |
drainage, 6 weeks of antibiotics (p, g, mt, followed by p alone) |
recovery |
A. neuii/ 2 |
91 M |
blood |
chronic nephropathy |
cystitis |
- |
9 days of antibiotics (cu, mc) |
recovery |
|
67 M |
blood |
surgery of ureter-stenosis |
perirenal abscess |
CNS, coryneforms |
drainage, min. 37 days of antibiotics (a, followed by p + ci) |
recovery |
A. meyeri/ 4 |
34 M |
pus (cheek) |
extraction of infected tooth |
soft tissue abscess on cheek |
- |
surgery and antibiotics (d) |
*does not show for check-up |
|
33 M |
root of a tooth |
- |
periodontal infection |
throat-flora |
dental treatment and antibiotics (p) |
recovery |
|
36 M |
pus (pleura) |
cerebral palsy, epilepsy |
empyema following episode of pneumonia |
microscopy also showed Gram-pos. cocci in chains |
drainage, decorticatio, 2-3 weeks of antibiotics (cu, mt) |
*does not show for check-up |
|
66 M |
pus (abdomen) |
long episode of intermittent diarrhoea |
periappendical abscess |
E. coli |
drainage (twice) |
recovery |
A. israelii/ 2 |
38 M |
spinal fluid |
alcoholism |
meningitis |
- |
antibiotics (initially high doses of p, a, ct) |
neurologic sequelae |
35 F |
pus (abdomen) |
- |
periappendical abscess |
- |
surgery, 4 days of antibiotics (cu, mt) |
recovery |
A. radingae/ 2 |
52 M |
pus (scrotum) |
- |
soft tissue abscess of scrotum |
anaerobic Gram-pos. cocci and Gram-neg. rods |
surgery, a prior to hospitalization |
recovery |
|
74 F |
pus (back) |
- |
soft tissue abscess on the back |
- |
surgery |
recovery |
A. viscosus/ 1 |
87 F |
blood |
COLD, Mb. cordis |
source unknown |
- |
9 days of antibiotics (cu, p, mc) |
recovery |
A. naeslundii/ 1 |
52 F |
swab (cornea) |
treated thyroid disease |
keratitis followed injury of the cornea |
Lactobacillus sp. found in other samples |
topical antibiotics |
reduced vision |
A. gerencseriae/ 1 |
66 M |
swab (oral cavity) |
- |
periodontal infection |
- |
surgery, 4 weeks of antibiotics (p) |
recovery |
F, female, M, male,
a -, none,
* , assumed recovery
H., Hæmophilus, B., Bacteroides, NHS, non-hemolytic streptococci, CNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci, pos., positive, neg., negative a, ampicillin/amoxicillin, ci, ciprofloxacin, ct, ceftriaxone, cu, cefuroxime, d, dicloxacillin, g, gentamicin, m, meropenem, mc, mecillinam, mt, metronidazole, p, penicillin.