title: Authors' reply to 'Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described RT-PCR targeting the pertactin gene'.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vincart
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallin
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Struelens
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C068929:pertactin