Attitude of Italian physicians toward pertussis diagnosis

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1485-1488

  Gonfiantini, Michaela Veronika ^a   Villani, Alberto ^a   Gesualdo, Francesco ^a   Pandolfi, Elisabetta ^a   Agricola, Eleonora ^a   Bozzola, Elena ^a   Arigliani, Raffaele ^b   Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Italian Medical Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; General practitioners; Pediatricians; Pertussis; Under notification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALIAN; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

CHRONIC COUGH; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; PEDIATRICIANS; PERTUSSIS; UNDER-NOTIFICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84880896558     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.24734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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