Article
Molecular characterization of two Bordetella bronchiseptica strains isolated from children with coughs.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1997
Stefanelli P, Mastrantonio P, Hausman S Z, Giuliano M, Burns D L
Abstract excerpt
During a surveillance program associated with the Italian clinical trial for the evaluation of new acellular pertussis vaccines, two bacterial isolates were obtained in cultures of samples from immunocompetent infants who had episodes of cough. Both clinical isolates were identified as Bordetella...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adenylyl Cyclases
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Base Sequence
- Bordetella Infections
- Bordetella bronchiseptica
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Cough
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Flagellin
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Hemagglutinins
- Humans
- Immune Sera
- Infant