Pyosalpinx due to Cronobacter sakazakii in an elderly woman

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Table 1 Case reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infection in adult women

References	Age	Isolation site	Clinical presentation	Underlying condition	Treatment (surgery and/or antibiotics)	Outcome
Hawkins et al. [5]	75	Blood	Bacteremia	Atrial fibrillation Cerebral stroke	Cefuroxime, Ceftriaxone Ciprofloxacin	Recovered
See et al. [1]	75	Blood	Splenic abscess	None	Aspiration of abscess Ceftriaxone, Metronidazole Imipenem, Ciprofloxacin	Recovered
Bhat et al. [6]	63	Urine	Urinary tract infection	Chronic renal failure	NA	Died
Lai [7]	73	Bile, Blood	Biliary sepsis	Klatskin tumor	Resection of common bile duct Piperacillin–tazobactam Gentamicin, Imipenem	Died
	82	Blood	Abdominal aortic aneurysm	NA	Aneurysmal repair Ofloxacin, Piperacillin, Tazobactam	Died
	76	Sputum	Pneumonia	Cecal volvulus	Resection of cecum Tobramycin, Ceftazidime, Ofloxacin	Died*
Tsai et al. [8]	64	Sputum	Pneumonia	Breast carcinoma	NA	Recovered
Current case	70	Pus of pyosalpinx	Left pyosalpinx	Depression	Salpingo–oophorectomy Cefmetazole, Meropenem	Recovered

NA not available
^*Pneumonia with isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and C. sakazakii. Cronobacter sakazakii might not be the causative agent of infection

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