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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |