1. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Bordetella hinzii
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Grace C. Wang, Miranda J. Wallace, Gayathri Krishnan, Patrick D. Olson, Abigail L. Carlson, Gautam Dantas, and James M. Fleckenstein
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Bordetella hinzii ,spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ,whole genome sequencing ,bacteria ,bacteremia ,coccobacilli ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Although Bordetella hinzii coccobacilli is most commonly identified in respiratory tracts of birds and rodents, this organism has occasionally been isolated in human infections. We describe a case of B. hinzii spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Missouri, USA. Whole-genome sequencing of blood and peritoneal fluid isolates confirmed B. hinzii infection.
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- 2021
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