Bordetella holmesii bacteremia in asplenic children: report of four cases initially misidentified as Acinetobacter lwoffii.
Bordetella holmesii is a fastidious Gram-negative rod that was initially identified in 1995. It causes bacteremia, predominantly among patients with anatomical or functional asplenia. We report four cases of B. holmesii bacteremia in asplenic children occurring within the last 4 years. In all cases, B. holmesii was misidentified by an automated system as Acinetobacter lwoffii.
Panagopoulos
Markos Ioannis
MI
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Saint Jean
Maude
M
Brun
Delphine
D
Guiso
Nicole
N
Bekal
Sadjia
S
Ovetchkine
Philippe
P
Tapiero
Bruce
B
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001884:Bordetella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000601:surgery