Table 1

Author/

Year

# of cases

Age/

Sex

History

Underlying disease(s)

Infection site

Treatment

Duration

Outcome

Catheter/

Type

Catheter removed?

Decker

1992

3

30F

Fever

AIDS; Disseminated MAC

Blood

Ceftazidime

14 days

Cure

Groshon

No

67M

Fever

Bladder ca

Bloodstream

TMP-SMX

14 days

Cure

Groshon

No

82F

Abdominal pain, diarrhea

Coronary artery disease

Stool

Ciprofloxacin

UNK

Cure

No

N.A.

Hseuh

1998

6

48M

Biliary pain

Cholangio ca

Blood and bile

Antibiotics - UNK

UNK

Resolution

Transhepatic drainage device

No

40F

Urinary tract infection

Breast cancer

Urine

Resolution

No

N.A.

28M

Wound infection

Skin lacerations

Wound

Resolution

No

N.A.

64F

Pneumonia

Cerebrovascular accident

Sputum

Resolution

Endotracheal tube

No

10D/M

Catheter associated bacteremia

Respiratory distress syndrome

Blood

Catheter removal, antibiotics

Resolution

Arterial line

Yes

78F

bacteremia

Adenocarcinoma; ovarian cyst; neutropenia

Blood; pus; catheter

Resolution

Yes

Port-a-cath

Yes 

 

Martino

1996

4

22-51; details NK

UNK

Malignancy

Neutropenia

 

Bloodstream

Antibiotics

UNK

NK

Cure in all

4 out of 4

type UNK

3 out of 4

Mitrani-Schwartz

1991

1

82F

Pseudomeningitis

Diabetes mellitus 

Cerebrospinal   fluid

None

NA

Self limited

No

N.A.

 

Morrison

1986

1

72F

Fever, dyspnea

COPD

Prednisone therapy

Blood

Cefotaxime, amikacin

7 days

Cure

No

N.A.

Reina

1991

4

8M

Cervical adenopathy

None

Lymph node

Ampicillin

10 days

Cured

No

N.A.

34F

Skin ulcer

Diabetes mellitus

Wound

Ampicillin, gentamicin

7 days

Cured

No

N.A.

47M

Fever, chills

Alcoholic  cirrhosis

Bloodstream

Cefotaxime,  tobramycin

10 days

Cured

No

N.A.

6M

Headache, chills, fever

None

Bloodstream

Cefotaxime,  gentamicin

10 days

Cured

No 

N.A.

Salazar

1995

 

2

51M

Fever

Multiple myeloma;

Neutropenia

Bloodstream

Imipenem

12 (+10) days

Cured

Hickman

Yes

21M

Fever

Bone marrow transplant

Bloodstream

Imipenam, ceftazidime, amikacin, ciprofloxacin

NK

Cured

Hickman

Yes

Calubiran

1990

1

82M

Fever, chills, nausea, vomiting

ESRD, coronary artery disease

Bloodstream

Vancomycin , amikacin

14 days

Cure

Hemodialysis

catheter

No

Cover

1988

1

56M

Cough, chills, fever

Heart transplant

Pleural fluid

Cefazolin

28 days

Cure

No

N.A.

Baddour

1985

1

50M

Cloudy dialysate

ESRD on CAPD

Dialysate

Intraperitoneal cephalothin, tobramycin

4 days

Recurrence, cure

CAPD catheter

No

Hajiroussou

1979

1

39M

Headache, seizures,

Epilepsy

Cerebrospinal fluid

Isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin

4 days

Cure

No

N.A.

Slotnik

1979

1

79M

Fever

Pulmonary embolism

Bloodstream

Ampicillin

UNK

Cure

No

N.A.

Studemeister

1987

1

62M

Nausea, vomiting, fever

Hypertension, Aortofemoral graft

Splenic abscess pus

Splenectomy; Piperacillin + Netilimicin

UNK

Cure

No

N.A.

Swann

1985

1

61M

Cloudy dialysate

ESRD on CAPD

Bloodstream

Intraperitoneal gentamicin

UNK

Cure

CAPD catheter

No

Southern

1981

1

61M

Post-operative fever

Aortofemoral bypass

Bloodstream

Multiple antibiotics 

6 weeks

Cure

Details UNK

NK

Casadevall

1992

1

64F

Fever, septic shock

Burns

Bloodstream

Ceftazidime

NK

Improved,

No

N.A.

Glupczyski

1984

2

74F

Abdominal pain, cloudy dialysate

ESRD on CAPD

Peritoneal dialysis fluid

Intraperitoneal TMP-SMX

14 days

Cured

Yes

CAPD catheter

No

33F

Abdominal pain, cloudy dialysate

ESRD on CAPD

Peritoneal dialysis fluid

Ampicillin/ amoxicillin; tobramycin

UNK

Cured

Tenkhoff

Yes

Ca carcinoma; CAPD  continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; ESRD  end stage renal disease; F  female; HD hemodialysis; M  male; MAC  Mycobacterium avium complex; N.A.  not applicable; UNK  not known; TMP-SMX  trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole