Pertussis - An under-diagnosed disease with high morbidity in Singapore children

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2503-2507

  Goh, Anne ^a   Chong, Chia Yin ^a   Tee, Nancy ^a   Loo, Liat Hui ^a   Yeo, Joo Guan ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Booster; Children; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; SINGAPORE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 79952363958     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.065     Document Type: Article

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