Infected branchial cleft cyst due to Bordetella bronchiseptica in an immunocompetent patient.
A healthy 23-year-old man with fever and a tender mass in his right anterior neck was found to have a branchial cleft cyst infected with Bordetella bronchiseptica. Initial testing suggested a Brucella species, but further laboratory testing identified the organism definitively. B. bronchiseptica infection in healthy adults is an unusual event.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283, USA.
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Wadlin
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Nachamkin
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D000328:Adult; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001935:Branchioma / Q000382:microbiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male