Isolation of Bordetella bronchiseptica from blood and a pancreatic abscess

Nancy A Matic; Paul E Bunce

doi:10.1128/JCM.00175-15

Isolation of Bordetella bronchiseptica from blood and a pancreatic abscess

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 May;53(5):1778-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00175-15. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Authors

Nancy A Matic¹, Paul E Bunce²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected].
² Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

Bordetella bronchiseptica is a respiratory pathogen rarely encountered in human hosts. We describe a case of bacteremia and pancreatic abscess caused by this organism. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of B. bronchiseptica causing intra-abdominal infection in the form of an abscess.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis*
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / pathology
Aged
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacteremia / pathology
Blood / microbiology*
Bordetella Infections / diagnosis*
Bordetella Infections / microbiology
Bordetella Infections / pathology
Bordetella bronchiseptica / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Pancreas / microbiology*
Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
Pancreatitis / microbiology
Pancreatitis / pathology
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed