Malignant pertussis in a three-week-old girl

Whooping cough is an infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Particularly children under the age of six months can be severely affected by the infection. Severe leukocytosis may lead to thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension and eventually circulatory failure and death. This a case report of a three-week-old girl with malignant pertussis, who due to respiratory insufficiency was mechanically ventilated, and her severe leucocytosis was treated with exchange blood transfusion. Whooping cough may partially be prevented with efficient vaccination programmes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 183(2021), 1 vom: 04. Jan.

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kolind, Rasmus Skov [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Anne-Mette Bæk [VerfasserIn]
von Linstow, Marie-Louise [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.06.2021

Date Revised 11.06.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320537048