Hafnia
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Cultures of Hafnia alvei |
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The bacteria of the genus Hafnia are gram-negative rod bacteria from the enterobacteria family (Enterobacteriaceae).
The species Hafnia alvei is a harmless inhabitant of the intestine and belongs to the natural intestinal flora of humans. The bacterium is rarely involved in inflammation in weakened people, such as B. organ transplant or for other reasons immunosuppressed patients involved and found in blood , pus , sputum or urine . In the case of infections that are not acutely life-threatening, therapy should be based on the antibiogram of the isolated germ. As long as this is not available, therapy should be started with a third-generation cephalosporin, a group II fluoroquinolone or a beta-lactam antibiotic effective for Pseudomonas, possibly in combination with an aminoglycoside antibiotic. The pathogen is resistant to a large number of antibiotics, including aminopenicillins.
Hafnia alvei can also often be isolated from minced meat. When the animals are slaughtered, it gets from the intestines into the meat.
literature
- Keyword “Hafnia”. In: Willibald Pschyrembel (Gre.), Helmut Hildebrandt (Red.): Pschyrembel Medical Dictionary . 257th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, page 588, ISBN 3-933203-04-X .