title: [Whooping cough in a previously vaccinated patient--case report].
abstract: Pertussis is an acute contagious human disease caused by gram-negative Coccobacilli Bordetella pertussis. Numerous factors and toxins produced by Bordetella pertussis play important role in pathogenicity of the disease. Typical illness has three clinical stages: catarrhal, paroxysmal and convalescent. In therapy erythromycin is the antibiotic of choice. We present a case of pertussis in a seventeen year old, previously vaccinated patient.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych i Hepatologii Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biesiada
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czepiel
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skwara
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sobczyk-Krupiarz
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D004917:Erythromycin