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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 27;13(6):e15976.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.15976. eCollection 2021 Jun.

A Case of Bordetella bronchiseptica Bacteremia in a Patient With COVID-19: Brief Report

Styliani Papantoniou  1 , Antonios Tsakiris  1 , Theodoros Ladopoulos  2 , Georgios Kranidiotis  1 , Charalampos Tamvakos  1
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A Case of Bordetella bronchiseptica Bacteremia in a Patient With COVID-19: Brief Report

Styliani Papantoniou et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram-negative coccobacillus that colonizes the respiratory system of mammals such as dogs, cats, rabbits and others and might cause upper respiratory tract infections. Although it can be rarely pathogenic in humans, there are several case reports describing infections in humans. We describe the case of a patient without prolonged immunosuppression or underlying diseases, with bacteremia from Bordetella bronchiseptica, while being treated in a tertiary hospital for COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: bacteremia; bordetella bronchiseptica; covid; dexamethasone; neutrophils-lymphocytes-ratio; opportunistic.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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