Prevalence of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in infants presenting to the emergency department with bronchiolitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-261

  Walsh, Paul F ^a,b   Kimmel, Lauren ^c   Feola, Melanie ^c   Tran, Ty ^a,b   Lim, Christina ^c   Salvia, Lisa De ^c   Pusavat, James ^a   Michaelson, Scott ^a,b   Nguyen, Tuan Anh ^a,b   Emery, Kirt ^d   Mordechai, Eli ^c   Adelson, Martin E ^c  

^a KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Research and Development Department   (United States)

^d Kern County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella parapertussis; Bordetella pertussis; bronchiolitis; diagnostic testing; pediatric; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BHUR GENE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CARB GENE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 79952814606     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.048     Document Type: Article

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