Bordetella holmesii in children suspected of pertussis in Argentina

Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Apr;141(4):714-7. doi: 10.1017/S095026881200132X. Epub 2012 Jul 5.

Abstract

We describe nine patients (eight aged <1 year) clinically diagnosed with pertussis yet laboratory-confirmed with Bordetella holmesii infections, a human pathogen normally isolated from blood. Most patients reported cough and cold symptoms. No death was reported. We report B. holmesii isolation in infants with respiratory symptoms in Argentina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Argentina
  • Bordetella / isolation & purification*
  • Bordetella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Whooping Cough / diagnosis*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial