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Bordetella bronchiseptica pleural infection in a patient with AIDS
Guillermo Viejo1, Pedro de la Iglesia, Luis Otero
1Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain. guiviejo@igijon.com
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|September 20, 2002
Abstract:
Bordetella bronchiseptica is an important veterinary pathogen but a rare cause of opportunistic respiratory tract infection in humans. We describe a case of pleural effusion caused by B. bronchiseptica in a patient with AIDS who was coinfected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case in the medical literature in which the microorganism has been isolated from pleural fluid.