title: Unexpected isolation of Bordetella pertussis from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: We isolated Bordetella pertussis from three patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who underwent diagnostic bronchoscopy for evaluation of respiratory symptoms. The B. pertussis isolates were recovered from medium (charcoal-yeast extract agar) formulated to enhance recovery of Legionella spp., and one of the isolates stained positively with antisera directed against Legionella spp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: York
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hadley
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male