Cefoperazone-sulbactam and ornidazole for Gardnerella vaginalis bloodstream infection after cesarean section: A case report

Table 3 Detection of Gardnerella vaginalis in blood

Patients	Ref	Blood sampling method	Blood culture results	Blood gram staining	Bacterial morphology	Inoculate on a culture plate	Mass spectrometry	PCR and sequencing
1	Fan et al[8], 2020	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (+); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Small bacilli	Yes	Yes	No
2	Fan et al[8], 2020	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (-); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Small bacilli	Yes	Yes	No
3	Fan et al[8], 2020	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (-); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Small bacilli	Yes	Yes	No
4	Lu et al[9], 2018	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (-); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Small bacilli	Yes	Yes	No
5	Chen et al[10], 2018	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (-); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Cocci	Yes	No	Yes
6	Present case	Bilateral double bottles	Aerobic bottle (-); Anaerobic bottle (+)	(-)	Small bacilli	Yes	No	No

PCR: Polymerase chain reaction.