@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.47602-0, author = "Cassiday, Pamela K. and Tobin-D'Angelo, Melissa and Watson, J. Renee and Wu, Kai-Hui and Park, Mahin M. and Sanden, Gary N.", title = "Co-infection with two different strains of Bordetella pertussis in an infant", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2008", volume = "57", number = "3", pages = "388-391", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47602-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.47602-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We report co-infection with two phenotypically and genotypically distinct strains of Bordetella pertussis in an infant male hospitalized with a 2-week history of cough, paroxysms and vomiting. Colonies from the two B. pertussis phenotypes were isolated and evaluated by PFGE profile analysis, gene sequence typing and PCR-RFLP of a portion of the 23S rRNA gene. These results demonstrated simultaneous infection with two different strains of B. pertussis.", }