The new health legacy: When pertussis becomes a heritage transmitted from mothers to infants

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1546-1549

  Zouari, Asma ^a   Smaoui, Hanen ^a   Bousnina, Souad ^a   Menif, Khaled ^a   Jaballah, Najla Ben ^a   Kechrid, Amel ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA HOLMESII; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TUNISIA; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 80053165398     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.030809-0     Document Type: Article

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