Diagnosis of whooping cough in Switzerland: differentiating Bordetella pertussis from Bordetella holmesii by polymerase chain reaction.
Bordetella holmesii, an emerging pathogen, can be misidentified as Bordetella pertussis by routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In some reports, up to 29% of the patients diagnosed with pertussis have in fact B. holmesii infection and invasive, non-respiratory B. holmesii infections have been re...
Main Authors: | Laure F Pittet, Stéphane Emonet, Patrice François, Eve-Julie Bonetti, Jacques Schrenzel, Melanie Hug, Martin Altwegg, Claire-Anne Siegrist, Klara M Posfay-Barbe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24586447/pdf/?tool=EBI |
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