[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.
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Slotervaartziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam.
Budde
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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