title: Diagnosis and treatment of pertussis.
abstract: A review of the diagnostic methods of pertussis (clinical, radiological, laboratoryy: 42 case reports in a period of 2 1/2 years, being all hospitalized children with pertussis, aged from 23 days to 7 years. A review of the treatment with hyperimmune globulin, antibiotics, symptomatic treatment, and the results obtained, is presented.
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011859:Radiography; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D004917:Erythromycin