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Pertussis (Whooping Cough). [PDF]
J Infect Dis, 2021 AbstractPertussis (whooping cough) is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. All ages are susceptible. In the prevaccine era, almost all children became infected. Pertussis is particularly dangerous in young infants, who account for practically all hospitalizations and deaths, but clinical disease is burdensome at any age.
Decker MD, Edwards KM.
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Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2014 Around 16 million cases of whooping cough (pertussis) occur worldwide each year, mostly in low-income countries. Much of the morbidity of whooping cough in children and adults is due to the effects of the paroxysmal cough. Cough treatments proposed include corticosteroids, beta2-adrenergic agonists, pertussis-specific immunoglobulin, antihistamines and
Wang K +6 more
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Descriptive Study of Pertussis in the Post Graduated Hospital Khost Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2022 Whooping cough is an acute, severe infectious disease of the respiratory tract during childhood, in which patients will have a persistent cough, specific inspiratory whoop, and vomiting after cough.
Arifzai, Amanullah +3 more
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The clinical case of a combined new coronavirus infection and whooping cough in an unvaccinated child [PDF]
, 2023 Whooping cough remains a life-threatening infection, especially for unvaccinated young children. The article describes a case of severe and non-smooth course of whooping cough in an unvaccinated girl of 4 months of life from the family hearth of whooping
E. I. Bobova +4 more
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Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This narrative review celebrates Europe's contribution to the current knowledge on systemically administered antimicrobials in periodontal treatment. Periodontitis is the most frequent chronic noncommunicable human disease. It is caused by dysbiotic bacterial biofilms and is commonly treated with subgingival instrumentation.
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Managing pertussis in adults [PDF]
, 2009 Pertussis or whooping cough is typically characterised by paroxysms of coughing with a whooping sound during inhalation. It is thought to be under-diagnosed generally. Whooping cough is caused by Bordetella pertussis and is highly contagious.
Chang, Anne, Marchant, Julie
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Geographical differences in wooping cough in Catalonia, Spain, from 1990 to 2010 [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Whooping cough is a communicable disease whose incidence has increased in recent years in some countries with vaccination. Since 1981, in Catalonia (Spain), cases must be reported to the Public Health Department. In 1997, surveillance changed
Carmona, Gloria +5 more
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The effect of nutritional status on historical infectious disease morbidity: evidence from the London Foundling Hospital, 1892-1919 [PDF]
, 2021 There is a complex inter-relationship between nutrition and morbidity in human health. Many diseases reduce nutritional status, but on the other hand, having low nutritional status is also known to make individuals more susceptible to certain diseases ...
Schneider, Eric B.
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