title: Bordetella pertussis as a cause of chronic respiratory infection in an AIDS patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colebunders
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vael
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Meerbeeck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van den Ende
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ieven
mesh_terms: 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*