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Cohen R, Finn T, Babushkin F, Karalnik S, Paikin S, Adler A, Geffen Y, Rokney A, Ron M. Disseminated "Haemophilus quentini" infection in a patient with multiple myeloma - a case report and review of the literature. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2019; 94:293-296. [PMID: 30852050 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
We describe a case report of a 56-year-old male with undiagnosed multiple myeloma who had severe sepsis associated with pneumonia, meningitis, polyarthritis, and osteomyelitis related to invasive "Haemophilus quentini" infection. The genus was misidentified as H. influenzae by the common bacterial identification systems including newly introduced syndromic PCR-based methods. We review the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory aspects of this rare, cryptic species of Haemophilus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Regev Cohen
- Infectious diseases unit, Sanz medical center, Laniado hospital, Netanya, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport, faculty of medicine, Technion university, Haifa, Israel.
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- Infectious diseases unit, Sanz medical center, Laniado hospital, Netanya, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport, faculty of medicine, Technion university, Haifa, Israel
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- Infectious diseases unit, Sanz medical center, Laniado hospital, Netanya, Israel
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- Internal medicine C, Sanz medical center, Laniado hospital, Netanya, Israel
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- Microbiology laboratory, Sanz medical center, Laniado hospital, Netanya, Israel
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- Microbiology laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
| | - Assaf Rokney
- Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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