Case Report
Hafnia alvei Urosepsis in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Table 2
H. alvei infections in transplant recipients.
| Author | Age | Sex | Underlying disease | Type of transplant | Immunosuppression | Risk factors | Antibiotic treatment | Outcome |
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Savini et al. [5] | 9 | F | Fanconi’s anaemia | Allogeneic stem cells | Cyclosporine steroids antilymphocyte antibody | Graft versus host disease | Ceftazidime, amikacin, and teicoplanin | Cured |
| Barry et al. [6] | 61 | F | Primary biliary cirrhosis | Liver | Unknown | Recurrent rejection, additional infection | Piperacillin/ tazobactam, gentamicin, and amphotericin B | Died |
| Barry et al. [6] | 2 | M | Autoimmune hepatitis | Liver | Unknown | Previous high dose steroids and OKT3 therapy | Trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin, and ampicillin | Cured |
| Cardile et al. [7] | 45 | F | Diabetic nephropathy | Kidney | Tacrolimus MMF prednisone | Diabetes ureteral stent | Cefixime | Cured |
| Benito et al. [8] | 69 | F | Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | Kidney | Cyclosporine azathioprine steroids | Hepatitis C | Imipenem and clarithromycin | Cured |
| This study | 56 | F | IgA nephropathy | Kidney | Tacrolimus azathioprine | None | Cefepime and ciprofloxacin | Cured |
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