Bordetella pertussis infection in infants: a reemerging disease

Adv Neonatal Care. 2013 Apr;13(2):103-7. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318285f918.

Abstract

Bordetella pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease currently on the rise in the United States. The most vulnerable age group is infants younger than 1 year old. The reasons for the current outbreak are multifactorial. The following is a case report describing a recent case of Bordetella pertussis infection admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use*
  • Bordetella pertussis / pathogenicity
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • United States
  • Vaccination
  • Whooping Cough / epidemiology*
  • Whooping Cough / microbiology
  • Whooping Cough / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Azithromycin