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Human Bordetella bronchiseptica infection related to contact with infected animals: persistence of bacteria in host.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995
Gueirard P, Weber C, Le Coustumier A, Guiso N
Abstract excerpt
Within a period of 2 1/2 years, Bordetella bronchiseptica was isolated four times from a 79-year-old woman with bronchopneumonia. We have demonstrated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis that this infection was related to contact with infected rabbits. The initial human B. bronchiseptica isolate had a phenotype characteristic of usual B. bronchiseptica clinical isolates; it produced toxin and adhesins, such as...
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