Bordetella holmesii in nasopharyngeal samples from Chilean patients with suspected Bordetella pertussis infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1505-

  Miranda, Carolina ^a   Porte, Lorena ^a   García, Patricia ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA HOLMESII; BORDETELLA HOLMESII INFECTION; BORDETELLOSIS; CHILEAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE SEQUENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL SAMPLE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECA GENE; SAMPLING;

BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX;

BORDETELLA HOLMESII; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 84858591121     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06747-11     Document Type: Letter

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