This report documents the first known clinical isolation of Bordetella petrii in a human patient, expanding its known presence beyond environmental sources.
May expand osteomyelitis differential; leaves open B. petrii's pathogenicity and epidemiology.
We describe the first clinical isolate of Bordetella petrii from a patient with mandibular osteomyelitis. The only previously documented isolation of B. petrii occurred after the initial culture of a single strain from an environmental source.
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