Pertussis: treatment goals and prevention options

The article deals with the questions of rational therapy and immunoprophylaxis of pertussis. It is shown that antibiotics can suppress cough only in incubational period and at prodromal stage as a result of B.pertussis eradication. At the spasmodic stage of pertussis, the main target of therapy is p...

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Main Authors: V.V. Mavrutenkov, S.A. Kramarov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House Zaslavsky 2018-02-01
Series:Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ
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Online Access:http://ai.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/125630