Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in a woman with lymphoma: A case report

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A 62-year-old woman with splenic marginal zone lymphoma presented with fever, cough and bilateral pneumonia 11 days after chemotherapy. A bronchoalveolar lavage showed numerous leukocytes and Gramnegative bacilli that were identified as Bordetella bronchiseptica in culture. An antibiotherapy with minocycline and ciprofloxacin helped her to stop coughing. This unusual micro-organism, which has mainly an animal reservoir, is a rarely cause of human infection, almost always in immunocompromised patients. The main problems in B. bronchiseptica infection are the difficulties of identification of this micro-organism and the recurrence of infection, which are a challenge for microbiologists and practitionners.

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Delluc, A. , Hervier, B. , Le Boutin, T. , Le Coustumier, A. , Jarlier, V. , Amoura, Z. and Brossier, F. (2012) Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in a woman with lymphoma: A case report. Open Journal of Internal Medicine, 2, 50-52. doi: 10.4236/ojim.2012.22011.

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