Pertussis

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• Synonyms

  • Whooping cough
  • Hundred-day cough
  • 100-day cough
  • One hundred day cough

• Causes

  • Bordetella pertussis

• Effects

  • Paroxysmal coughing
  • Inspiratory whoop
  • Post-tussive vomiting
  • Subconjunctival haemorrhage
  • Pneumothorax
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Toxic encephalopathy
  • Chronic pulmonary infection
  • Lymphocytosis
  • Bacterial pneumonia

• Parents

  • Viral pneumonia
  • Notifiable disease
  • Contagious disease
  • Childhood infections

• Treatments

  • Prophylactic immunisation
  • Erythromycin

• Description

  • "Highly contagious Lasts 6 weeks DIAGNOSIS -nasopharyngeal swabs culture - Bordet-Gengou medium. - polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • - direct immunofluorescence (DFA)
  • PROGNOSIS Fatal in 1.6% of infants under one year. "