Fatal pertussis in infancy, Italy

J Infect. 2017 Aug;75(2):186-189. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.04.005. Epub 2017 Apr 21.

Authors

Ines Carloni¹, Silvia Ricci², Chiara Azzari², Silvia Galletti³, Giacomo Faldella³, Fernando Maria de Benedictis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Unit, Department of Child and Mother Health, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
² Pediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Neonatology Unit, Department of Mother and Child Health, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Salesi Children's Hospital Foundation, Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28438536
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.04.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Infants; Pertussis; Pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bordetella pertussis / genetics
Bordetella pertussis / immunology
Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Italy / epidemiology
Leukocyte Count
Pertussis Vaccine
Retrospective Studies
Tertiary Care Centers
Whooping Cough / diagnosis
Whooping Cough / epidemiology
Whooping Cough / mortality*
Whooping Cough / transmission

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Pertussis Vaccine