title: Clinical and laboratory features of pertussis in infants at the onset of a California epidemic.
abstract: We report clinical characteristics and outcome of infants <3 months of age hospitalized with pertussis compared with viral respiratory infection (respiratory syncytial virus and influenza). Patients with pertussis more often were afebrile, had more visits before admission, and had longer hospital stays. Household coughing contacts were common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, CHOC Children's Hospital, Orange, CA 92868, USA. dnieves@choc.org
authors.forename: Delma J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nieves
authors.forename: Jasjit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Negar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ashouri
authors.forename: Troy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Felice C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Adler-Shohet
authors.forename: Antonio C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arrieta
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D058872:Epidemics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*