Characteristics of severe Bordetella pertussis infection among infants ≤90 days of age admitted to pediatric intensive care units - Southern California, September 2009-June 2011

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Murray, Erin L ^a   Nieves, Delma ^b   Bradley, John S ^c   Gargas, Jessie ^c   Mason, Wilbert H ^d   Lehman, Deborah ^e   Harriman, Kathleen ^a   Cherry, James D ^f  

^a California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal pertussis; Leukocytosis; Pertussis; Pertussis death; PICU care; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902260717     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis105     Document Type: Article

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