Bordetella pertussis in children hospitalized with a respiratory infection: clinical characteristics and pathogen detection in household contacts

Bordetella pertussis in children hospitalized with a respiratory infection: clinical characteristics and pathogen detection in household contacts

Abstract Objective Describe the prevalence of Bordetella pertussis via PCR in children under 5 years old hospitalized as probable cases of pertussis and report the most common clinical features among them. Results A positive PCR result for B. pertussis was observed in 20.5% of our samples (18/88), o...

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Main Authors: Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Cristina del Valle-Vargas, Erico Cieza-Mora, Johanna Martins-Luna, Ronald Aquino-Ortega, Andrea Silva-Vásquez, Jorge Bazán-Mayra, Pablo Weilg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Pertussis
Bordetella pertussis
Whooping cough
PCR
Peru
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3405-7

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