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Pages 271-273 (1 March 2004)
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Pages 271-273 (1 March 2004)
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Sepsis nosocomial por Hafnia alvei en una unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales
Nosocomial hafnia alvei sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit
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B. Amil Pérez
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Correspondencia: Servicio de Neonatología. Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Central de Asturias. Celestino Villamil, s/n. 33006 Oviedo. España.
, B. Fernández Colomer, D. Coto Cotallo, J.B. López Sastre
Servicio de Neonatología. Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Central de Asturias. Oviedo. España
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Hafnia alvei es un miembro de la familia Enterobacteriaceae raramente relacionado con procesos infecciosos en pediatría y, de manera excepcional, en el período neonatal. Produce infecciones fundamentalmente como germen oportunista. Los cuadros de bacteriemia se relacionan en su gran mayoría con enfermedades abdominales o inmunodepresión. Presentamos cuatro pacientes con sepsis neonatal nosocomial en pacientes prematuros, sin patología o cirugía abdominal previa, con hemocultivos positivos a H. alvei, tratados en nuestro centro en un corto espacio de tiempo.

Palabras clave:
Hafnia alvei
Sepsis nosocomial

Hafnia alvei is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, which is rarely associated with infection in pediatric patients and exceptionally in the neonatal period. Infections caused by this organism are usually opportunistic. H. alvei bacteremias are mostly associated with abdominal disease or immunosuppression. We report four cases of nosocomial sepsis in preterm infants with positive blood cultures to H. alvei that were treated in our institution within a short period of time.

Key words:
Hafnia alvei
Nosocomial sepsis
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