Molecular diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection by evaluation of formalin-fixed tissue specimens.

ABSTRACT: Formalin-fixed lung or trachea tissue specimens from four infants and one adolescent who died of respiratory illness were tested for Bordetella pertussis by conventional and real-time PCR assays. B. pertussis was confirmed in all cases. PCR can be an invaluable retrospective diagnostic tool for evaluating archival tissues from patients with suspected fatal pertussis.

SUBMITTER: Tatti KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1393166 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature