RT Book, Section
A1 Top, Karina A.
A1 Halperin, Scott A.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
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ID 1159154231
T1 Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159154231
RD 2024/04/23
AB Pertussis  is  an  acute  infection  of  the  respiratory  tract  caused  by  Bordetella  pertussis.  The  word  pertussis  means  “violent  cough,”  which  aptly  describes  the  most  consistent  and  prominent  feature  of  the  illness.  The  inspiratory  sound  made  at  the  end  of  an  episode  of  paroxysmal  coughing  gives  rise  to  the  common  name  for  the  illness,  “whooping  cough.”  However,  this  feature  is  variable:  it  is  uncommon  among  infants  ≤6  months  of  age  and  is  frequently  absent  in  older  children  and  adults.  The  Chinese  name  for  pertussis  is  “the  100-day  cough,”  which  accurately  describes  the  clinical  course  of  the  illness.  The  identification  of  B.  pertussis  was  first  reported  by  Bordet  and  Gengou  in  1906,  and  vaccines  were  produced  over  the  following  two  decades.