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| ===Overview=== | | ===Overview=== |
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− | *''B. bronchiseptica'' infects a wide range of animal species worldwide | + | *[[Bordetella bronchiseptica|''B. bronchiseptica'']] infects a wide range of animal species worldwide |
− | *''B. avium'' resticted to birds | + | *[[Bordetella avium|''B. avium'']] resticted to birds |
| *Normal inhabitants of upper respiratory tract | | *Normal inhabitants of upper respiratory tract |
| *Cause repsiratory diseases including rhinitis, tracheitis, bronchitis and bronchiolitis | | *Cause repsiratory diseases including rhinitis, tracheitis, bronchitis and bronchiolitis |
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| *Grow on MacConkey agar | | *Grow on MacConkey agar |
| *Toxigenic strains agglutinate mammalian red blood cells | | *Toxigenic strains agglutinate mammalian red blood cells |
− | *Identical S form LPS in all strains of ''B. bronchiseptica'' - 1 diagnostic antigen | + | *Identical S form LPS in all strains of [[Bordetella bronchiseptica|''B. bronchiseptica'']] - 1 diagnostic antigen |
− | *''B. bronchiseptica'' haemolytic, whereas ''B. avium'' not | + | *[[Bordetella bronchiseptica|''B. bronchiseptica'']] haemolytic, whereas [[Bordetella avium|''B. avium'']] not |
| *Affinity for ciliated respiratory epithelium | | *Affinity for ciliated respiratory epithelium |
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| ===Pathogenesis and pathogenicity=== | | ===Pathogenesis and pathogenicity=== |
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− | *Use pathogenicity factors such as filamentous haemagglutanin (only ''B. bronchiseptica''), fimbriae and pertactin to adhere to ciliated respiratory epithelium | + | *Use pathogenicity factors such as filamentous haemagglutanin (only [[Bordetella bronchiseptica|''B. bronchiseptica'']]), fimbriae and pertactin to adhere to ciliated respiratory epithelium |
| *Produce toxins: | | *Produce toxins: |
| **Adenylate cyclase (leucocyte toxin - kills phagocytes) (only ''B. bronchiseptica'') | | **Adenylate cyclase (leucocyte toxin - kills phagocytes) (only ''B. bronchiseptica'') |