Bordetella pertussis as a cause of chronic respiratory infection in an AIDS patient.
A 60-year-old heterosexual man with AIDS was admitted to hospital with dyspnea, a severe paroxysmal non-productive cough of two months' duration, low-grade fever and exhaustion. Bordetella pertussis was cultured from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen. After erythromycin therapy (500 mg q.i.d. for two weeks) all respiratory symptoms resolved progressively over a four-week period. Bordetella pertussis should be added to the long list of pathogens that may cause respiratory disease in persons with HIV infection.
Colebunders
R
R
Department of Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Vael
C
C
Blot
K
K
Van Meerbeeck
J
J
Van den Ende
J
J
Ieven
M
M
D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications*