| Literature DB >> 24092805 |
Sara Y Tartof1, Prabhu Gounder, Don Weiss, Lillian Lee, Pamela K Cassiday, Thomas A Clark, Elizabeth C Briere.
Abstract
We describe the first report of temporally related cases of Bordetella holmesii bacteremia. Demographic and clinical data were collected through chart abstraction and case-patient interviews. Twenty-two cases were identified from 6 states. Symptom onset dates ranged from April 2010 to January 2011. Median age of patients was 17.1 years and 64% had functional or anatomic asplenia. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of a sample of isolates were identical. These cases occurred during a peak in pertussis outbreaks with documented cases of B. holmesii/Bordetella pertussis respiratory coinfection; whether there is a link between B. holmesii respiratory and bloodstream infection is unknown.Entities:
Keywords: Bordetella holmesii; asplenia; bacteremia; pertussis
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24092805 PMCID: PMC4606926 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit669
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079