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Bordetella species
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Bordetella are small, aerobic Gram-negative coccobacilli.
- Organisms are fastidious, need special media (such as charcoal blood agar with cephalexin, Regan Lowe or Bordet-Gengou media) for isolation.
- Species:
- B. pertussis: most common etiology of whooping cough and exclusively a human pathogen.
- B. parapertussis: leads to less severe but similar symptoms.
- B. bronchiseptica (agent of kennel cough)
- B. holmesii: rarely have been implicated to cause human respiratory disease. May cause sepsis in immunocompromised patients.
- B. trematum: rarely found in wounds and ear infections.
- B. hinzii: an uncommon cause of sepsis in immunocompromised hosts.
- B. avium: pathogen identified only in birds.
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Last updated: June 6, 2019
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul. "Bordetella Species." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540061/all/Bordetella_species.
Auwaerter P. Bordetella species. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540061/all/Bordetella_species. Accessed October 18, 2019.
Auwaerter, P. (2019). Bordetella species. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540061/all/Bordetella_species
Auwaerter P. Bordetella Species [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2019 October 18]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540061/all/Bordetella_species.
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