A pathogen similar to Bordetella pertussis is responsible for as many one in six cases of whooping cough, Australian infectious disease specialists have confirmed. Bordetella holmesii causes a respiratory infection similar to pertussis but mostly in adolescents rather than under fives, researchers at the University of Sydney say. The novel pathogen is routinely misdiagnosed as pertussis ...
Infectious diseases
1 in 6 cases of whooping cough are caused by this ‘hidden’ respiratory pathogen
By Michael Woodhead
1 Mar 2018