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Bordetella pertussis, an agent not to forget: a case report

INTRODUCTION: In the past, pertussis affected particularly children under 6 years of age, but recent trends show that there is a shift toward the older age group. The clinical presentation can be atypical in the adolescent age group, and the disease is often misdiagnosed. CASE PRESENTATION: We prese...

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Autores principales: Melo, Natália, Dias, Ana Catarina, Isidoro, Lara, Duarte, Raquel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19200362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-128