Is pertussis being considered as a cause of persistent cough among adults?
A study was conducted to determine the 1124 French Sentinel network general practitioners ability to consider pertussis as a cause of persistent cough among adults. Pertussis was rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of cough (6%). Factors associated with pertussis being considered included younger age, shorter cough duration, world health organization clinical definition for pertussis, and muscular chest pain.
Carine
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Couzigou
Antoine
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Flahault
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology