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Early infantile pertussis; increasingly prevalent and potentially fatal

We report nine cases of severe early pertussis in infants less than 7 weeks of age. Clinical features at this age are atypical and may be confused with more common illnesses such as bronchiolitis. All were very difficult to manage. Ventilation was required for apnoeas in five cases, seizures in two...

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Autores principales: Smith, Craig, Vyas, Harish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11131347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00008365