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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2011; 06(02): 131-134
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2011-0308
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Bordetella bronchiseptica septicemia in a girl with AIDS and laryngotracheitis

Horacio Lopardo
a   Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Silvina Ruvinsky
b   Department of Epidemiological Control and Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Aregentina
,
Lidia Casimir
a   Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Rosa Bologna
b   Department of Epidemiological Control and Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Aregentina
,
Debora Mecikovsky
b   Department of Epidemiological Control and Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Aregentina
,
Daniela Hozbor
c   Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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17 August 2010

11 December 2010

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28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Bordetella bronchiseptica is a well-known animal pathogen sporadically found associated with human infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a fatal case of sepsis caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica in a girl with laryngotracheitis and AIDS.

Keywords

Bordetella bronchiseptica - AIDS - laryngotracheitis