title: [Pertussis in adults in the maternity ward: management and prevention for protecting newborns and infants].
abstract: Pertussis is a potentially serious illness in very young infants. The growing number of cases encountered in the past few years is partly explained by the loss of immunity, either natural or post vaccinal. To prevent the occurrence of pertussis in newborns and very young infants, it is mandatory to ensure compliance with vaccination recommendations regarding the general population (vaccination of young adults likely to have a child, of fathers and siblings during pregnancies, of mothers soon after birth), as well as professionals in contact with infants too young to have received their three doses of primary vaccination (diphtheria-tetanus-polio-pertussis booster may be performed as soon as the latest is more than two years). Obstetricians, midwives and pediatricians are directly concerned by this vaccinal strategy, owing to their prominent place in both informing couples during pregnancy and after delivery, and performing maternal vaccines soon after birth.
authors.affiliation: Maternité, hôpital privé d'Antony, 92160 Antony, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bailleux
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gajdos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control*