title: A newborn with pertussis accompanying nephrotic syndrome.
abstract: Pertussis or whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease that still remains a serious infection in neonates and young infants. The disease is particularly severe in infants less than three months old, who are often infected by their parents. Congenital nephrotic syndrome is a rare entity presenting within the first three months. It encompasses a heterogeneous group of entities with genetic, infectious and idiopathic etiologies. In this report we describe a newborn infant who presented with congenital nephrotic syndrome secondary to Bordetella pertussis infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey. igirisgen78@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Münevver
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaynak-Türkmen
authors.forename: Fulya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cengiz-Erdem
authors.forename: Ferah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.forename: İlknur
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Girişgen
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Telli
authors.forename: Afig
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berdeli
mesh_terms: D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology