Bordetella pertussis infection attenuates clinical course of acute bronchiolitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 619-621

  Raya, Bahaa Abu ^a,b   Bamberger, Ellen ^a,b   Kassis, Imad ^b,c   Kugelman, Amir ^a,b   Srugo, Isaac ^a,b   Miron, Dan ^b,d  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute bronchiolitis; Bordetella pertussis; Clinical severity score; Disease severity score

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BREATHING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERTUSSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; WHEEZING;

BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879205756     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182877973     Document Type: Article

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