Affiliations: Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Pediatría
Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Department of Epidemiological Control and Infectious
Diseases, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Buenos Aires,
Aregentina | Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología
Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La
Plata, Argentina
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Horacio Lopardo, Department of
Microbiology, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan, Combate de
los Pozos 1881 (1245), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel.: +54 11 4308 4300; Fax:
+54 11 4308 5325; E-mail: hlopardo@garrahan.gov.ar
Abstract: Bordetella bronchiseptica is a well-known animal pathogen
sporadically found associated with human infections, especially in
immunocompromised hosts. We report a fatal case of sepsis caused by
Bordetella bronchiseptica in a girl with laryngotracheitis and AIDS.
