Bordetella pertussis infection is common in nonvaccinated infants admitted for bronchiolitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1013-1015

  Nuolivirta, Kirsi ^a,b   Koponen, Petri ^a,c   He, Qiushui ^d   Halkosalo, Anne ^e   Korppi, Matti ^a,c   Vesikari, Timo ^e   Helminen, Merja ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis; bronchiolitis; infant; mixed infection; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS;

EID: 78149242615     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181f537c6     Document Type: Article

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