Bordetella holmesii: Causative agent of pertussis

Meryem Elgarini; Zakaria Mennane; Mohammed Sobh; Abdearrahmane Hammoumi

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2023.10.012

Bordetella holmesii: Causative agent of pertussis

Arch Pediatr. 2024 Apr;31(3):172-175. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2023.10.012. Epub 2024 Mar 14.

Authors

Meryem Elgarini¹, Zakaria Mennane², Mohammed Sobh³, Abdearrahmane Hammoumi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: meryemelgarini@gmail.com.
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Abdalmalek Saadi, Tetouan, Morocco.
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.

PMID: 38490892
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2023.10.012

Abstract

Bordetella holmesii is a bacterium recently recognized in 1995. It is a gram-negative coccobacillus that can cause pertussis-like symptoms in humans as well as invasive infections. It is often confused with Bordetella pertussis because routine diagnostic tests for whooping cough are not species-specific. The prevalence of B. holmesii as a cause of pertussis has increased in several countries. Therefore, B. holmesii assays are important for determining the epidemiology of pertussis, for the choice of an effective treatment, and for detecting vaccination failures.

Keywords: Bordetella holmesii; ISh1001; Insertion sequence IS481; Pertussis; recA.

MeSH terms

Bordetella pertussis
Bordetella*
Humans
Whooping Cough* / diagnosis
Whooping Cough* / epidemiology
Whooping Cough* / prevention & control

Supplementary concepts

Bordetella holmesii