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Cavitary pneumonia in an AIDS patient caused by an unusual Bordetella bronchiseptica variant producing reduced amounts of pertactin and other major antigens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Lorenzo-Pajuelo Benito, Villanueva José Luis, Rodríguez-Cuesta Juan, Vergara-Irigaray Nuria, Bernabeu-Wittel Máximo, Garcia-Curiel Andrés, Martínez de Tejada Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
Although Bordetella bronchiseptica can infect and colonize immunocompromised humans, its role as a primary pathogen in pneumonia and other respiratory processes affecting those patients remains controversial. A case of cavitary pneumonia caused by B. bronchiseptica in an AIDS patient is presented, and the basis of the seemingly enhanced pathogenic potential of this isolate (designated 814) is investigated. B....
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