Bordetella pertussis in children hospitalized with a respiratory infection: clinical characteristics and pathogen detection in household contacts
Objective: Describe the prevalence of Bordetella pertussis via PCR in children under 5 years old hospitalized as probable cases of pertussis and report the most common clinical features among them. Results: A positive PCR result for B. pertussis was observed in 20.5% of our samples (18/88), one-thir...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2018 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas |
| Repositório: | UPC-Institucional |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/624653 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3405-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624653 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Bordetella pertussis PCR Pertussis Whooping cough |
| Resumo: | Objective: Describe the prevalence of Bordetella pertussis via PCR in children under 5 years old hospitalized as probable cases of pertussis and report the most common clinical features among them. Results: A positive PCR result for B. pertussis was observed in 20.5% of our samples (18/88), one-third of them were from infants between 2 and 3 months old. The most common symptoms were paroxysms of coughing (88.9%), difficulty breathing (72.2%), cyanosis (77.8%) and fever (50%). The mother was the most common symptomatic carrier (27.8%), followed by uncles/aunts (22.2%) among children with pertussis. |
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