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Bordetella pertussis as a cause of chronic respiratory infection in an AIDS patient

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A 60-year-old heterosexual man with AIDS was admitted to hospital with dyspnea, a severe paroxysmal non-productive cough of two months' duration, low-grade fever and exhaustion.Bordetella pertussis was cultured from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen. After erythromycin therapy (500 mg q.i.d. for two weeks) all respiratory symptoms resolved progressively over a four-week period.Bordetella pertussis should be added to the long list of pathogens that may cause respiratory disease in persons with HIV infection.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    R. Colebunders & K. Blot

  2. Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

    C. Vael, J. Van den Ende & M. Ieven

  3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

    J. Van Meerbeeck

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Colebunders, R., Vael, C., Blot, K. et al. Bordetella pertussis as a cause of chronic respiratory infection in an AIDS patient. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 13, 313–315 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01974608

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