Bordetella holmesii-like organisms isolated from Massachusetts patients with pertussis-like symptoms.
We isolated Bordetella holmesii, generally associated with septicemia in patients with underlying conditions, from nasopharyngeal specimens of otherwise healthy young persons with a cough. The proportion of B. holmesii-positive specimens submitted to the Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute increased from 1995 to 1998.
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001884:Bordetella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000382:microbiology*