TY - JOUR
T1 - Pertussis
T2 - The Whooping Cough
AU - Nguyen, Van Tuong Ngoc
AU - Simon, Lauren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Bordetella pertussis can cause serious and potentially fatal complications, especially in very young infants. Early diagnosis and treatment of pertussis with a macrolide antibiotic, such as azithromycin, before the paroxysmal stage of disease can help mitigate complications and reduce the spread of this highly contagious disease.
AB - Bordetella pertussis can cause serious and potentially fatal complications, especially in very young infants. Early diagnosis and treatment of pertussis with a macrolide antibiotic, such as azithromycin, before the paroxysmal stage of disease can help mitigate complications and reduce the spread of this highly contagious disease.
KW - Bordetella pertussis
KW - Paroxysmal cough
KW - Tdap and DTaP vaccine
KW - Whooping cough
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30115332
SN - 0095-4543
VL - 45
SP - 423
EP - 431
JO - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
JF - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
IS - 3
ER -