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<i>Bordetella bronchiseptica</i> pneumonia in a woman with lymphoma: A case report
Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Cavale Blanche Hospital, Brest, France
Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
National Reference Center for Whooping Cough and Other Bordetellosis, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Cavale Blanche Hospital, Brest, France
Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Laboratory of Bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
- 1 Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Cavale Blanche Hospital, Brest, France
- 2 Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
- 3 Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
- 4 National Reference Center for Whooping Cough and Other Bordetellosis, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
- 5 Internal Medicine and Pneumology, Cavale Blanche Hospital, Brest, France
- 6 Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
- 7 Laboratory of Bacteriology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Open Journal of Internal Medicine·Volume 02 (2012)·Pages 50–52·Published 11 June 2012·DOI10.4236/ojim.2012.22011
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Abstract
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.
Keywords<i>Bordetella bronchiseptica</i>PneumoniaLymphomaCase Report
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