title: Bordetella pertussis infection in infants: a reemerging disease.
abstract: Bordetella pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease currently on the rise in the United States. The most vulnerable age group is infants younger than 1 year old. The reasons for the current outbreak are multifactorial. The following is a case report describing a recent case of Bordetella pertussis infection admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. b.snapp@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Snapp
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fischetti
mesh_terms: D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D017963:Azithromycin