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Bordetella pertussis infection in infants: a reemerging disease.

Barbara Snapp1, Deborah Fischetti.   

Abstract

Bordetella pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease currently on the rise in the United States. The most vulnerable age group is infants younger than 1 year old. The reasons for the current outbreak are multifactorial. The following is a case report describing a recent case of Bordetella pertussis infection admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.

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Year:  2013        PMID: 23532029     DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318285f918

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Adv Neonatal Care        ISSN: 1536-0903            Impact factor:   1.968


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