Fatal case of unsuspected pertussis diagnosed from a blood culture - Minnesota, 2003

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 131-132

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AGED; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTACT TRACING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 1442289935     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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