Diagnosis of Whooping Cough in Switzerland: Differentiating Bordetella pertussis from Bordetella holmesii by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Bordetella holmesii, an emerging pathogen, can be misidentified as Bordetella pertussis by routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In some reports, up to 29% of the patients diagnosed with pertussis have in fact B. holmesii infection and invasive, non-respiratory B. holmesii infections have been re...

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Autores principales: Pittet, Laure F., Emonet, Stéphane, François, Patrice, Bonetti, Eve-Julie, Schrenzel, Jacques, Hug, Melanie, Altwegg, Martin, Siegrist, Claire-Anne, Posfay-Barbe, Klara M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088936

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