Open AccessHafnia alvei pneumonia: from bees to human beings
Author(s) -
Diego Fernando Severiche-Bueno,
María Teresa Vargas-Cuervo,
Luis Medina-Lee,
Gabriel Oliver-Hernandez,
Kenny Buitrago-Toro,
Diego Insignares,
Rafael Conde-Camacho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
germs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2248-2997
DOI - 10.18683/germs.2021.1265
Subject(s) - chills , pneumonia , malaise , medicine , community acquired pneumonia , pathogen , hafnia , sputum , bronchoalveolar lavage , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , pathology , lung , tuberculosis , cubic zirconia , ceramic , materials science , composite material
Hafnia alvei is an enterobacteria that is a common inhabitant of the gastrointestinal flora of bees, birds, fish, and mammals. In humans this enterobacteria has been recovered from the oropharynx and the gastrointestinal tract but it has been rarely reported as a pathogen and usually identified as hospital-acquired enterobacteria.