Bordetella holmesii Bacteremia Cases in the United States, April 2010–January 2011

We describe the first report of temporally related cases of Bordetella holmesii bacteremia. Demographic and clinical data were collected through chart abstraction and case-patient interviews. Twenty-two cases were identified from 6 states. Symptom onset dates ranged from April 2010 to January 2011....

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. e39 - e43
Main Authors Tartof, Sara Y., Gounder, Prabhu, Weiss, Don, Lee, Lillian, Cassiday, Pamela K., Clark, Thomas A., Briere, Elizabeth C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 15.01.2014
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bacteremia - epidemiology
Bacteremia - microbiology
Bordetella - classification
Bordetella - genetics
Bordetella - isolation & purification
Bordetella Infections - epidemiology
Bordetella Infections - microbiology
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Typing
Spleen - abnormalities
United States - epidemiology
Whooping Cough - complications
Whooping Cough - epidemiology
Young Adult
United States
asplenia
pertussis
bacteremia
Bordetella holmesii
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Summary:We describe the first report of temporally related cases of Bordetella holmesii bacteremia. Demographic and clinical data were collected through chart abstraction and case-patient interviews. Twenty-two cases were identified from 6 states. Symptom onset dates ranged from April 2010 to January 2011. Median age of patients was 17.1 years and 64% had functional or anatomic asplenia. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of a sample of isolates were identical. These cases occurred during a peak in pertussis outbreaks with documented cases of B. holmesii/Bordetella pertussis respiratory coinfection; whether there is a link between B. holmesii respiratory and bloodstream infection is unknown.
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The members of the Bordetella holmesii Working Group are listed in the Notes section.
Present affiliation: Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/cit669