CLINICAL COURSE OF PERTUSSIS IN IMMUNIZED CHILDREN
CLINICAL COURSE OF PERTUSSIS IN IMMUNIZED CHILDREN
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DOI:
10.1097/00006454-199510000-00010
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发表时间:
1995-10-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
HALPERIN, S
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作者:
BORTOLUSSI, R;MILLER, B;HALPERIN, S
To describe the clinical course of Bordetella pertussis infection in a highly immunized childhood population, we studied prospectively endemic and epidemic pertussis in a metropolitan population with an immunization rate >90% during an 8-year period from 1987 through 1994. Patients with a possible diagnosis of pertussis were referred by family or emergency room physicians for nasopharyngeal culture, Patients with a culture positive for B. pertussis were contacted by a nurse who completed a detailed questionnaire for the index case and all family members, Repeat home visits were made each week for 4 weeks, Of the 189 patients with pertussis who were evaluated 103 subjects were