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