Invasive Bordetella pertussis Infection in Infants: A Case Report

Infants are more likely to develop severe pertussis. We report a malignant pertussis case in a 2-month-old boy with respiratory failure, severe pneumonia, septic shock, and encephalopathy. Bordetella pertussis was detected from nasopharyngeal secretions by polymerase chain reaction, as well as both...

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Autores principales: Liao, Yang, Li, Wei-ran, Zhu, Yu, Luo, Shuang-hong, Liao, Qiong, Wan, Chao-min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9547520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac478
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Sumario:Infants are more likely to develop severe pertussis. We report a malignant pertussis case in a 2-month-old boy with respiratory failure, severe pneumonia, septic shock, and encephalopathy. Bordetella pertussis was detected from nasopharyngeal secretions by polymerase chain reaction, as well as both blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples via metagenomics next-generation sequencing.

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