[Diagnostic image (136). A boy with coughing fits and subconjunctival hemorrhage. Subconjunctival hemorrhage secondary to whooping cough].
An 8-year-old boy suffered from persisting coughing fits for two weeks and subconjunctival haemorrhage since one week. In paired sera serological proof of infection with Bordetella pertussis was found.
Slotervaartziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam.
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op de Coul
J H M
JH
Budde
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005130:Eye Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000276:immunology; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine