Hafnia alvei pneumonia: a rare cause of infection in the multimorbid or immunocompromised

Hafnia alvei is a rare, poorly understood commensal bacterium which has, on occasion, been shown to infect humans. We present two cases. The first patient presented with a 1-week history of dyspnoea, pleurisy and a productive cough, and the second with a prodrome of fatigue and night sweats. The for...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Begbey, Austin, Guppy, Joseph Henry, Mohan, Chithra, Webster, Simon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780556/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384344
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237061
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