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Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021

Dispatch

Bordetella hinzii Pneumonia and Bacteremia in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Michele Maison-Fomotar and Geetha SivasubramanianComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, California, USA

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Table 2

Characteristics of previously reported Bordetella hinzii infections*

Ref.† Type of infection Age, y Underlying conditions Animal exposure Antimicrobial drugs Patient outcome
(5)
 Bacteremia
 24
 HIV/AIDS
 None
 Ceftazidime
 Recovered
(4)
 Pneumonia
 NA
 HIV/AIDS
 None
 NA
 NA
(6)
 Bacteremia and cholangitis
 69
 None
 None
 Ticarcillin/sulbactam, ciprofloxacin
 Died
(7)
 Cholangitis
 29
 Primary sclerosing cholangitis, liver transplant recipient
 None
 Meropenem
 Died
(8)
 Bacteremia
 79
 Myelodysplastic syndrome
 None
 Ceftazidime
 Recovered
(9)
 Bacteremia
 36
 EBV associated diffuse large cell lymphoma
 None
 Meropenem
 Died
(10)
 Pneumonia
 43
 AML, transplant, diabetes bronchiectasis
 Poultry
 Piperacillin/tazobactam,
ciprofloxacin
 Recovered
(10)
 Pneumonia
 74
 Laryngeal cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, COPD
 None
 Piperacillin/tazobactam
 Recovered
(11)
 Urinary tract infection
 55
 None
 Possible poultry
 Trimethoprim/
sulfamethoxazole
 Recovered
(11)
 Liver abscess
 58
 Hypothyroidism, cholecystectomy
 None
 None
 Recovered
(12)
 Bacteremia and infective endocarditis
 79
 Aortic valve replacement, diabetes, cirrhosis, colon cancer, kidney disease
 None
 Meropenem
 Recovered
(13)
 Bacteremia and infective endocarditis
 53
 Ulcerative colitis
 None
 Ceftazidime
 Recovered
(14)
 Soft tissue abscess
 63
 None
 None
 Sitafloxacin
 Recovered
(15)
 Pancreatic abscess
 42
 Alcoholic liver disease
 None
 Tigecycline
 Recovered
(16)
 Urinary tract infection
 37
 Chronic alcohol use
 None
 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
 Recovered
(17) Pneumonia 67 Diabetes mellitus None Cefmetazole Recovered

*AML, Acute myeloid leukemia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; NA, not available; ref., reference. †References 16,17 in Appendix.

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