Bordetella pertussis

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Pathology

etiologic agent of pertussis (whooping cough)

Laboratory

Bordetella pertussis culture

culture media:
- Regan-Lowe agar incubated at 36 C, examined for 6 days
- colonies presumptively identified with fluorescein- conjugated B. pertussis antiserum*
- B. pertussis will not grow on blood-free media
- B. pertussis usually requires 3-4 days to grow on chocolate agar

Nitrite -; urease -; citrate -

* cross-reactivity of antiserum with Legionella

see ARUP consult^[3]

Management

macrolide
alternative: Bactrim

More general terms

Bordetella

Additional terms

pertussis (whooping cough, 100 day cough)

References

↑ Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1161-62
↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ARUP Consult: Bordetella pertussis - Whooping Cough deprecated reference

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