Hooping cough in adults, think about it!

We report the case of a 47 year old patient who had been suffering from persistent cough for more than three weeks. Patient coughed predominantly during night time, without fever. The amoxicillin-clavulanic acid initially prescribed was not effective. A series of complementary investigations were performed before serology finally identified Bordetella pertussis infection after two months of symptoms which improved slowly without evident benefit of macrolide treatment. The diagnosis of whooping cough was also established for the wife of the patient with fast resolution of the symptoms after rapid unset of treatment with macrolides.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Revue medicale de Liege - 68(2013), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 177-9

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Coqueluche chez l'adulte, pensez-y!

Beteiligte Personen:

Toukouki, A [VerfasserIn]
Frippiat, F [VerfasserIn]
Frusch, N [VerfasserIn]
Leonard, P [VerfasserIn]
Caprasse, P [VerfasserIn]
Meuris, C [VerfasserIn]
Rodeghiero, C [VerfasserIn]
Vanhoof, R [VerfasserIn]
Pierard, D [VerfasserIn]
Moutschen, M [VerfasserIn]
Huygen, K [VerfasserIn]
Giot, J-B [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article

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Date Completed 29.07.2013

Date Revised 26.08.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM228240298