Increasing infant pertussis hospitalization and mortality in south Texas, 1996 to 2006.
Pertussis admissions ranged from 0 to 7.4 per 10,000 hospitalizations from 1996 to 2003, and from 16.3 to 27.4 per 10,000 hospitalizations from 2004 to 2006. A total of 78% of patients were <4 months old, and 52% had a sick contact that was a family member. A total of 29% of patients required intensive care unit admission, and 3 died during the last 2 years of the study.
Falcon
Maria
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Department of Medical Education, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA.
Rafael
Marita
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Garcia
Carla
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Fergie
Jaime
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Purcell
Kevin
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology