title: Bordetella holmesii-like organisms isolated from Massachusetts patients with pertussis-like symptoms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Yih
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lett
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: 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*