Study ID Infection agents (numbers of the cases) Final diagnosis Inclusion of acupuncture specialist among the authors Patient’s information AEs (or complications) information Patient’s characteristics Preceding conditions or reasons for seeking acupuncture Description on the risk factors for AEs (or complications) Features of AEs (or complications) Clinical outcome (follow-up) Time relation between acupuncture and AEs (or complications) Laboratory or pathological findings Consideration of the other possible causes of AEs (or complications) Explanation on the association between needling site and affected lesion
Bang and Lim 25 ] Escherichia coli (1)Psoas abscesses; epidural abscess; infectious spondylitis; sepsis None WD WD ND WD WD WD WD ND DE Cho et al.33 ] Klebsiella pneumonia (1)Retroperitoneal abscess None WD DE DE WD WD WD WD DE ND Cho et al.21 ] Mycobacterium abscessus (1)Mycobacterium abscessus cutaneous infection None WD ND DE WD WD DE WD DE ND Cho et al.31 ] Gemella morbillorum (1)Mediastinitis, osteomyelitis None WD WD DE WD WD WD WD WD ND Choi et al.13 ] Streptococcus intermedius (1)Pyogenic liver abscess None WD WD WD WD WD DE WD WD DE Choi 2014 [17 ] Serratia liquefaciens complex and Staphylococcus intermedius (1)Cervical necrotizing fasciitis None WD WD ND WD WD WD WD WD WD Ha et al.30 ] Bifidobacterium longum (1)Sepsis None WD WD ND WD WD WD WD DE ND Ha and Kim26 ] No organism growth (1) Chronic inflammatory epidural granuloma None WD WD DE WD WD DE WD ND DE Han et al.18 ] Staphylococcus aureus (1)Pericardial abscess; sepsis None DE WD DE WD WD WD WD DE ND Kang et al.14 ] Streptococcus pneumonia (1)Psoas abscess; diabetic foot ulcer None WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD DE Jung et al.32 ] Herpes simplex virus (1) Skin infection None WD WD DE WD ND WD WD DE WD Jung et al.22 ] Mycobacterium massiliense (1)Localized cutaneous infection None WD WD ND WD WD DE WD DE DE Kang and Jeong15 ] Streptococcus pyogenes (1)Necrotizing fasciitis None WD WD WD WD WD WD WD DE ND Kim et al.35 ] Spirochetes (1)Secondary syphilis None WD WD WD WD WD DE WD WD ND Kim et al.23 ] Mycobacterium tuberculosis (3)Primary inoculation tuberculosis None WD DE DE WD WD WD WD ND DE J. W. Kim and27 ] Unidentified (1) Psoas abscess None WD WD WD WD WD WD WD DE ND Kim et al.29 ] Actinomyces species (1)Abdominal wall actinomycosis None WD ND ND WD WD DE WD WD WD Lee et al.24 ] Mycobacterium fortuitum (1)Cutaneous mycobacterial infection and abscesses None WD WD ND WD WD DE WD WD DE Lee et al.19 ] Escherichia coli ; MRSA (1)Necrotizing aortitis None WD ND DE WD WD DE WD ND DE Lee et al.28 ] Unidentified (1) Cervical epidural abscess Included WD WD ND WD WD WD WD WD WD Lim et al.34 ] Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholera (1) Septicemia None WD WD WD WD WD WD WD DE ND Song et al.16 ] Streptococcus pyogenes (1)Necrotizing fasciitis None WD WD WD WD WD DE WD DE DE Yu et al.20 ] Staphylococcus aureus (1)Multiple epidural abscess None DE ND ND WD ND WD DE ND DE
