Evaluation of eight cases of confirmed Bordetella bronchiseptica infection and colonization over a 15-year period.

@article{Wernli2011EvaluationOE,
  title={Evaluation of eight cases of confirmed Bordetella bronchiseptica infection and colonization over a 15-year period.},
  author={Didier Wernli and Stephane P Emonet and Jacques Schrenzel and Stephan Harbarth},
  journal={Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases},
  year={2011},
  volume={17 2},
  pages={
          201-3
        }
}

• Didier Wernli, Stephane P Emonet, +1 author Stephan Harbarth
• Published 2011 in
  Clinical microbiology and infection : the…
• DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03258.x

We describe eight human cases of Bordetella bronchiseptica infection and colonization over a 15-year period. Amongst the eight patients, seven had significant underlying disease. Cat exposure was documented in three cases. Symptoms ranged from asymptomatic carriage to severe pneumonia. We could not identify a homogeneous pattern of clinical disease among symptomatic patients. Although B. bronchiseptica infection remains a rare clinical condition among humans, it should be considered as… CONTINUE READING

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