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- Title
Dual infection with Bordetella pertussis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in three infants: case reports.
- Authors
Zouari, A.; Touati, A.; Smaoui, H.; Brun, D.; Kasdaghli, K.; Menif, K.; Ben Jaballah, N.; Ben Hassen, E.; Guiso, N.; Kechrid, A.
- Abstract
Studying pertussis-like respiratory infections, we report the cases of three infants with evidence of both Bordetella pertussis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Bordetella infection was identified by the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of nasopharyngeal specimens. Neither B. pertussis nor B. parapertussis were recovered on the culture of nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) from any subjects. M. pneumoniae etiology was diagnosed by culture and RT-PCR. The evolution was fatal for all of the subjects. We conclude that, among patients with Bordetella infection, co-infection with another respiratory pathogen is often probable, and these mixed infections might cause a more severe form of illness, sometimes leading to death.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; COMORBIDITY; AGE distribution; ARTIFICIAL respiration; ATELECTASIS; BORDETELLA pertussis; CHEST X rays; COUGH; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae infections; TREATMENT effectiveness; SEVERITY of illness index; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; DISEASE complications; BORDETELLA diseases; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Infection, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-011-0179-4