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

Bordetella holmesii in children suspected of pertussis in Argentina

D Bottero  1 , M M Griffith, C Lara, D Flores, L Pianciola, M E Gaillard, M Mazzeo, M I Zamboni, M J Spoleti, E Anchart, D Ruggeri, C Sorhouet, S Fiori, M Galas, M L Tondella, D F Hozbor
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Bordetella holmesii in children suspected of pertussis in Argentina

D Bottero et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Apr.

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.

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