Bordetella bronchisepticaPneumonia in an Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Neonate
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Bordetella bronchiseptica Pneumonia in an Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Neonate
Bordetella bronchiseptica, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is a common veterinary pathogen. In both domestic and wild animals, this bacterium causes respiratory infections including infectious tracheobronchitis in dogs and atrophic rhinitis in swine. Human infections are rare and have been documented in immunocompromised hosts. Here, we describe an extremely-low-birth-weight infant with B. bronc...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Perinatology Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2157-6998,2157-7005
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1284223