Bordetella bronchiseptica bronchitis.
The clinical course of a patient with bronchitis caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica is described. The organism was recovered on one occasion from a protected catheter brush specimen obtained at bronchoscopy and on two occasions from expectorated sputum specimens. The infection was eradicated with antimicrobial therapy.
D001884:Bordetella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000382:microbiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology