Bordetella parapertussis Bacteremia: Clinical Expression and Bacterial Genomics. (7th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Toubiana, Julie; Azarnoush, Saba; Bouchez, Valérie; Landier, Annie; Guillot, Sophie; Matczak, Soraya; Bonacorsi, Stéphane; Brisse, Sylvain
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 6:Number 4(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-03-07
• Subjects: bacteremia -- Bordetella parapertussis -- children -- genomics; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz122
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Whooping cough's primary etiological agent is Bordetella pertussis . The closely related Bordetella parapertussis rarely causes severe disease. Here we report an unusual case of bacteremia caused by B. parapertussis, review the literature, and characterize the genomic sequence of the bacterial isolate in comparison with B. parapertussis isolates from respiratory infections.