title: Isolation of Bordetella avium and novel Bordetella strain from patients with respiratory disease.
abstract: Bordetella avium is thought to be strictly an avian pathogen. However, 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified 2 isolates from 2 humans with respiratory disease as B. avium and a novel B. avium-like strain. Thus, B. avium and B. avium-like organisms are rare opportunistic human pathogens.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: Jaime A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: Tomasz M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ziedalski
authors.forename: Jill E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Clarridge
authors.forename: Brad T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Cookson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D042482:Bordetella avium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA