Case Report
Case Report of Granulicatella adiacens as a Cause of Bacterascites
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of other cases of Granulicatella adiacens reported in the English literature in PubMed.
| Age (years)/gender | Site of infection | Antibiotic treatment | Treatment duration (weeks) | Outcome | Reference |
| 58/M | Mitral valve | Vancomycin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [2] | 63/M | Mitral and aortic valves | Amoxicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [2] | 38/F | Tricuspid valve | Amoxicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [2] | 63/F | Mitral and tricuspid valves | Amoxicillin/gentamicin | NS | Deceased | [2] | 71/F | Aortic valve | Penicillin/gentamicin | 6 | Survived | [2] | 31/M | Mitral valve | Oxacillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [3] | 18/M | Pulmonic valve | Vancomycin/gentamicin/rifampin | 6 | Survived | [4] | 18/F | Mitral valve | Penicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [5] | 61/M | Mitral and tricuspid valves | Penicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [5] | 30/M | Mitral valve | Penicillin/gentamicin/ceftriaxone | NS | Survived | [5] | 28/F | Mitral and aortic valves | Penicillin/gentamicin/vancomycin/teicoplanin | NS | Survived | [5] | 57/M | Endocarditis, valve unknown | Ampicillin/gentamicin | 2 | Survived | [6] | 77/F | Aortic valve | Vancomycin/ampicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [2] | 68/M | Pacemaker/vertebral osteomyelitis | Penicillin/gentamicin/rifampin | NS | Survived | [7] | 41/M | Mitral and aortic valve | Penicillin/gentamicin | NS | Survived | [2] | 85/M | Endocarditis, valve not reported | NS | NS | Deceased | [2] | 71/M | Mitral valve | Ampicillin/gentamicin | 5 | Survived | [8] | 48/F | Mitral valve | Ceftriaxone/gentamicin | 4 | Survived | [9] | 50/M | Mitral and aortic valve | Penicillin/gentamicin | 6 | Survived | [10] | 63/M | Mitral valve | Ampicillin/gentamicin | 4 | Survived | [11] | 0/M | Sepsis | Vancomycin | 2 | Survived | [12] | NS | Abdominal aortic graft | NS | NS | Deceased | [2] | NS | Hemodialysis catheter | Vancomycin | NS | Survived | [2] | 55/F | Peritonitis | Cefazolin/gentamicin | 2 | Survived | [13] | 32/F | Meningitis postsurgical | Penicillin/gentamicin | 4/2 | Survived | [14] | 53/F | Meningitis postsurgical | Penicillin/gentamicin | 4 | Survived | [14] | 49/F | Meningitis after myelography | Vancomycin/fosfomycin/cefixime/rifampin | 1.5 | Survived | [14] | 2/F | Brain abscess | Ampicillin/rifampin/gentamicin | 4.5/4.5/1 | Survived | [14] | 46/F | Brain abscess postsurgical | Ceftriaxone/gentamicin | 1.5 | Survived | [15] | 32/F | Breast implant | Rifampin/amoxicillin | 4 months | Survived | [16] | 73/M | Bacteremia/vertebral osteomyelitis | Penicillin/gentamicin | 4 months | Survived | [17] | 68/F | Knee joint | Cefazolin/gentamicin | 4/2 | Survived | [18] | 46/F | Chronic dacryocystitis | Cephalexin/erythromycin/tobramycin-dexamethasone drops | 5 days | Survived | [19] | 57/M | Aortic valve | Benzylpenicillin | 6 | Survived | [20] | 55/M | Prosthetic knee | Amoxicillin/rifampin | 3 months | Survived | [21] | 56/M | Scapular carbuncle | Amoxicillin-clavulanate | NS | Survived | [22] | 89/F | Posttraumatic bacteremia | Cefazolin | NS | Survived | [23] |
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Neonate; NS: not specified; with permanent neurological sequelae.
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