Bordetella pertussis DNA detected in a tracheostomized child blood before seroconversion

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;40(1):205-208. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03988-4. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bordetella pertussis / genetics
  • Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification*
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / blood
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Seroconversion
  • Spasms, Infantile*
  • Thrombophilia*
  • Tracheotomy*
  • Whooping Cough / blood
  • Whooping Cough / diagnosis*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Supplementary concepts

  • Infantile Epileptic-Dyskinetic Encephalopathy