Bordetella holmesii

Bordetella holmesii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bordetella.[1] It was named in recognition of Barry Holmes, a biologist. It is asaccharolytic, oxidase-negative, and nonmotile, producing a brown pigment. It is associated with sepsis, endocarditis, and respiratory illness, especially in immunocompromised patients, such as asplenic or AIDS patients.[2] It is often seen in conjunction with Bordetella pertussis infections (whooping cough),[3][4][5] although not always.[6]

Bordetella holmesii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Bordetella
Species:
B. holmesii
Binomial name
Bordetella holmesii
Weyant et al., 1994

References
  1. Weyant, Robbin S.; et al. (1995). "Bordetella holmesii sp. nov., a new Gram-negative species associated with septicemia". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33 (1): 1–7. PMC 227868. PMID 7699023.
  2. Shepard, Colin W.; Daneshvar, Maryam I.; Kaiser, Robyn M.; Ashford, David A.; Lonsway, David; Patel, Jean B.; Morey, Roger E.; Jordan, Jean G.; Weyant, Robbin S.; Fischer, Marc (2004). "Bordetella holmesii Bacteremia: A Newly Recognized Clinical Entity among Asplenic Patients". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38 (6): 799–804. PMID 14999621.
  3. Kamiya, Hajime; Otsuka, Nao; Ando, Yuka; Odaira, Fumito; Yoshino, Shuji; Kawano, Kimiko; Takahashi, Hirokazu; Nishida, Toshihide; Hidaka, Yoshio; Toyoizumi-Ajisaka, Hiromi; Shibayama, Keigo; Kamachi, Kazunari; Sunagawa, Tomimasa; Taniguchi, Kiyosu; Okabe, Nobuhiko (2012). "Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during Pertussis Outbreak, Japan". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (7): 1166–1169. PMC 3376812.
  4. Zhang, Xuqing; Weyrich, Laura S.; Lavine, Jennie S.; Karanikas, Alexia T.; Harvill, Eric T. (November 2012). "Lack of Cross-protection against Bordetella holmesii after Pertussis Vaccination". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (11): 1771–1779. doi:10.3201/eid1811.111544. PMC 3559177.
  5. Njamkepo, E.; Bonacorsi, S.; Debruyne, M.; Gibaud, S. A.; Guillot, S.; Guiso, N. (2011). "Significant Finding of Bordetella holmesii DNA in Nasopharyngeal Samples from French Patients with Suspected Pertussis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49 (12): 4347–4348. PMC 3233004.
  6. Antila M, He Q, de Jong C, et al. (August 2006). "Bordetella holmesii DNA is not detected in nasopharyngeal swabs from Finnish and Dutch patients with suspected pertussis". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 55 (Pt 8): 1043–51. PMID 16849724.

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