Severe Bordetella holmesii infection in a previously healthy adolescent confirmed by gene sequence analysis.
We describe an immunocompetent adolescent who presented with exceptionally severe Bordetella holmesii infection, including previously undescribed manifestations. Sequelae included a severe restrictive lung defect due to pulmonary fibrosis.
Russell
F M
FM
Department of Microbiology and Infectious, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Davis
J M
JM
Whipp
M J
MJ
Janssen
P H
PH
Ward
P B
PB
Vyas
J R
JR
Starr
M
M
Sawyer
S M
SM
Curtis
N
N
D000293:Adolescent; D001884:Bordetella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S