title: Bordetella pertussis infection in a child with completed primary immunization: A case report.
abstract: A 20 mo old male child, born at 31 weeks, presented to an out-of-hours General Practitioner (GP) with a 7 d history of cough and fever. There was history of post-tussive vomiting. On assessment a pernasal swab was cultured from which B. pertussis was isolated. This child had received a complete course of primary immunization. In the light of recent increase in Pertussis cases in the United Kingdom we would like to use this case report to increase the awareness among clinicians to the possibility of a diagnosis of whooping cough even in children with completed primary immunization and particularly in preterm infants.
authors.affiliation: Consultant in communicable disease control; Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire; Health Protection Unit; The Health Protection Agency; Norfolk, UK.
authors.forename: Ananda Giri
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seymour
mesh_terms: D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D010567:Pertussis Vaccine
keywords: Bordetella Pertussis; United Kingdom; Vaccination; Vaccine failure; Whooping Cough