Persistent Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in an immunocompetent infant and genetic comparison of clinical isolates with kennel cough vaccine strains. |
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| Authors: | Barbara A Rath Karen B Register Jeffrey Wall Dawn M Sokol Russell B Van Dyke |
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| Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Barbara.Rath@gmail.com |
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| Abstract: | An infant who experienced recurrent episodes of respiratory failure received a diagnosis of pertussis on the basis of immunofluorescence testing, but culture revealed macrolide-resistant Bordetella bronchiseptica. Genetic analysis demonstrated that the child was not infected with a kennel cough vaccine strain, although the family's dog had recently been vaccinated. The infection cleared with imipenem therapy. |
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