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Risk Factors Associated With Infant Deaths From Pertussis: A Case-Control Study

2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 61; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/civ472

1537-6591

Kathleen Winter, Jennifer Zipprich, Kathleen Harriman, Erin L. Murray, Jeffrey Gornbein, Sandra Jo Hammer, Nava Yeganeh, Kristina Adachi, James D. Cherry,

Neonatal and Maternal Infections

Background. In the current era, most pertussis deaths occur in infants <3 months of age. Leukocytosis with lymphocytosis and pneumonia are commonly observed among cases of severe pertussis.