Authors' reply to 'Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described RT-PCR targeting the pertactin gene'.
Vincart
Benoit
B
Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Hallin
Marie
M
Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Struelens
Marc J
MJ
Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Denis
Olivier
O
Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000235:genetics*
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C068929:pertactin