Background and Objectives: Bordetella holmesii is associated with a pertussis-like respiratory syndrome in healthy individuals and also a rare cause of septicaemia, endocarditis, pneumonia, and septic arthritis, mostly in immunocompromised patients ...
Masoumeh Nakhost Lotfi +4 more
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Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pertussis [PDF]
Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is one of the most common vaccine-preventable infections. In adolescents and adults, infection may result in a protracted cough and is occasionally associated with substantial morbidity.
Hozbor, Daniela
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Detection of Bordetella Infection in a Paediatric Population at CHW [PDF]
Detection of Bordetella Infection in a Paediatric Population at CHW Hettiarachchige ANP1*, Kesson AM1, Leung KC2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Hettiarachchige, Amali
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Bordetella avium cross-reacts with B. bronchiseptica by ELISA but natural B. avium infection in rats is unlikely [PDF]
The specificity of a Bordetella bronchiseptica antibody ELISA for the monitoring of laboratory rodents was re-evaluated by studying the serological relationship of the B. bronchiseptica antigen and antigens of B. avium, B. hinzii, B.
Boot, R +3 more
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Tripartite ATP-Independent Periplasmic (TRAP) Transporters and Tripartite Tricarboxylate Transporters (TTT): From Uptake to Pathogenicity [PDF]
The ability to efficiently scavenge nutrients in the host is essential for the viability of any pathogen. All catabolic pathways must begin with the transport of substrate from the environment through the cytoplasmic membrane, a role executed by membrane
Bianconi, M.E. +3 more
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Rapid-cycle PCR method to detect Bordetella pertussis that fulfills all consensus recommendations for use of PCR in diagnosis of pertussis [PDF]
No standardized PCR method is available for the laboratory diagnosis of the pertussis syndrome. Consensus recommendations for the use of PCR in the diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infections have been proposed, and the aim of this study was to develop ...
Daggard, G. +5 more
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CLINICAL CASE REPORT: PERTUSSIS INFECTION FOLLOWED BY A PARAPERTUSSIS INFECTION IN THE SAME CHILD
Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable, acute respiratory disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. In recent years there has been a worldwide reccurrence of pertussis infection.
Nadia Brankova +4 more
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AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 24, Issue B, Page 1B-52B, 2013.
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Bordetella Holmesii: An Unusual Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease. [PDF]
Pegany RB, George RT, Zhang AY.
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Bordetella Holmesii-Like Organisms Associated with Septicemia, Endocarditis, and Respiratory Failure [PDF]
We recovered an unusual bacterial strain from blood or sputum of three patients with septicemia, endocarditis, and/or respiratory failure. The three isolates were thin, curved, gram-negative, light brown, pigment-producing bacilli with variable catalase ...
Hartley, Paul A +5 more
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