Bordetella holmesii-like organisms isolated from Massachusetts patients with pertussis-like symptoms.

We isolated Bordetella holmesii, generally associated with septicemia in patients with underlying conditions, from nasopharyngeal specimens of otherwise healthy young persons with a cough. The proportion of B. holmesii-positive specimens submitted to the Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute incr...

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Autores principales: Yih, W K, Silva, E A, Ida, J, Harrington, N, Lett, S M, George, H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341183
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Sumario:We isolated Bordetella holmesii, generally associated with septicemia in patients with underlying conditions, from nasopharyngeal specimens of otherwise healthy young persons with a cough. The proportion of B. holmesii-positive specimens submitted to the Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute increased from 1995 to 1998.

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