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Table 1 Cases of neonatal Plesiomonas shigelloides meningitis/meningoencephalitis

From: Meningoencephalitis caused by Plesiomonas shigelloides in a Chinese neonate: case report and literature review

Case

Sex /Age(d)

Weight(kg)/Gestation (weeks)

Country

Treatment

Course

Year of publication [Reference]

1

F/4

2.2/35

ZAF

Rifampicin + Ampicillin

Death

1978 [4]

2

F/1.5

3.7/ND

USA

Ampicillin + Gentamicin

Death

1980 [5]

3

M/2

3.5/41

NA

Penicillin + Gentamicin

Survived

1981 [6]

4

M/4

2.8/39

NA

Ampicillin + Gentamicin

Death

1982 [7]

5

M/2

3.3/43

USA

Ampicillin + Kanamycin

Death

1983 [8]

6

M/1.5

4.0/ND

USA

Cefotaxime

Survived

1988 [9]

7

M/2

2.4/34

BEL

Ampicillin + Netilmicin→

Death

1989 [10]

Ampicillin + Cefotaxime

8

M/4

ND/37

GER

Mezlocillin + Netilmicin + Cefotaxime→ Gentamicin + Cefotaxime

Death

1992 [11]

9

F/3

3.4/40

JPN

Cefotaxime

Survived

1994 [12]

10

M/1

3.4/36

CAN

Ampicillin + Gentamicin→

Survived

1996 [13]

Cefotaxime + Gentamicin

11

ND/10

ND/ND

CUB

Ampicillin + Gentamicin

Death

1999 [14]

12

F/2

2.8/ND

TUR

Cefotaxime + Amikacin→

Survived

2010 [15]

Meropenem

  1. ND: not described; →: change to.