<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19

Herein, we describe a case report of a critically ill patient, a 48-year-old man without comorbidities admitted to the hospital with a serious type 1 (hypoxemic) respiratory insufficiency and confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. After 5 days with invasive mechanical ventilation, the patient developed a...

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Autores principales:	Lucía Méndez, Jorge Ferreira, Cátia Caneiras
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 ventilator-associated pneumonia bacterial co-infection <i>Hafnia alvei</i> gram-negative critical care Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:093c7bba191f4c62898cbe535769d51b2021-11-25T18:25:28Z<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-1910.3390/microorganisms91123692076-2607https://doaj.org/article/093c7bba191f4c62898cbe535769d51b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/11/2369https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2607Herein, we describe a case report of a critically ill patient, a 48-year-old man without comorbidities admitted to the hospital with a serious type 1 (hypoxemic) respiratory insufficiency and confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. After 5 days with invasive mechanical ventilation, the patient developed a bacterial co-infection, namely a pneumonia by <i>Hafnia alvei</i>, requiring the last line of respiratory support: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Subsequently, his clinical situation gradually stabilized, until he was discharged from the hospital on day 61, being accompanied in ambulatory consultation by the physical medicine and pulmonology department during the post-COVID-19 recovery. <i>H. alvei</i> is a Gram-negative bacterium that is rarely isolated from human specimens and is rarely considered to be pathogenic. However, COVID-19 disease can cause substantial organ dysfunction and can be associated with bacterial secondary infections which can favor the emergence of rare infectious diseases by uncommon microorganisms.Lucía MéndezJorge FerreiraCátia CaneirasMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19ventilator-associated pneumoniabacterial co-infection<i>Hafnia alvei</i>gram-negativecritical careBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENMicroorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 2369, p 2369 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 ventilator-associated pneumonia bacterial co-infection <i>Hafnia alvei</i> gram-negative critical care Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	COVID-19 ventilator-associated pneumonia bacterial co-infection <i>Hafnia alvei</i> gram-negative critical care Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Lucía Méndez Jorge Ferreira Cátia Caneiras <i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
description	Herein, we describe a case report of a critically ill patient, a 48-year-old man without comorbidities admitted to the hospital with a serious type 1 (hypoxemic) respiratory insufficiency and confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. After 5 days with invasive mechanical ventilation, the patient developed a bacterial co-infection, namely a pneumonia by <i>Hafnia alvei</i>, requiring the last line of respiratory support: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Subsequently, his clinical situation gradually stabilized, until he was discharged from the hospital on day 61, being accompanied in ambulatory consultation by the physical medicine and pulmonology department during the post-COVID-19 recovery. <i>H. alvei</i> is a Gram-negative bacterium that is rarely isolated from human specimens and is rarely considered to be pathogenic. However, COVID-19 disease can cause substantial organ dysfunction and can be associated with bacterial secondary infections which can favor the emergence of rare infectious diseases by uncommon microorganisms.
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title	<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
title_short	<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
title_full	<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
title_fullStr	<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
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title_sort	<i>hafnia alvei</i> pneumonia: a rare cause of infection in a patient with covid-19
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<i>Hafnia alvei</i> Pneumonia: A Rare Cause of Infection in a Patient with COVID-19

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