The impact of healthcare visit timing on reported pertussis cough duration: Selection bias and disease pattern from reported cases in Michigan, USA, 2000–2010

BACKGROUND: Pertussis is a potentially serious respiratory illness characterized by cough of exceptionally long duration of up to approximately100 days. While macrolide antibiotics are an effective treatment, there is an ongoing debate whether they also shorten the length of cough symptoms. We inves...

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Autores principales: Knapp, Jennifer K., Wilson, Mark L., Murray, Susan, Boulton, Matthew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5041436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27682251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1852-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5041436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27682251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1852-0

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