title: Bordetella pertussis causing otitis media: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  is an unusual cause of otitis media with effusion. We report a case in a neonate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case is presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 1-month-old infant girl was admitted because of respiratory distress and subsequently was found to have pertussis. On examination she was noted to have a middle ear effusion. Myringotomy was performed for culture. Culture confirmed. We were unable to find a previous report of otitis media.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  has been identified in the middle ear effusion of an infant with the pertussis syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Boulevard, Route 0521, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Decherd
authors.forename: Ronald W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Deskin
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rowen
authors.forename: Mace B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Brindley
mesh_terms: D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001886:Bordetella pertussis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications