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The organism enters the respiratory tract after inhalation and destroys the ciliated epithelial cells of the trachea and bronchi through various toxins. If strong clinical suspicion of whooping cough, refer to microbiology for a pernasal swab for immediate processing to improve isolation rates of B. pertussis