Malignant pertussis in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Infantile malignant pertussis is characterized by severe respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, leukocytosis, and death. Bordetella pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that is becoming a much more globally prevalent condition contributing to more and more infant deaths each year. This article examines 2 such cases and the hospital's internal and community-based programs initiated to help protect these vulnerable infants.
Kundrat
Sarah L
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Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-1174, USA. Sarah.kundrat@advocatehealth.com
Wolek
Terry L
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Rowe-Telow
Margaret
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D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000534:rehabilitation