Pertussis symptoms in adolescents and children versus infants: The influence of vaccination and age

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 718-723

  Eidlitz Markus, Tal ^a   Mimouni, Marc ^b   Zeharia, Avraham ^b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Atypical symptoms; Children; Infants; Nonimmunized patients

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 34548447514     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807302093     Document Type: Article

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