Pertussis in early life: underdiagnosed, severe, and risky disease. A seven-year experience in a pediatric tertiary-care hospital
| Autor: | Chiara Di Camillo, Anna Chiara Vittucci, Livia Antilici, Claudia Ciarlitto, Giulia Linardos, Carlo Concato, Laura Lancella, Alberto Villani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 705-713 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 21645515 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2020.1791617 |
| Popis: | Aim Pertussis continues to be a common worldwide infection in pediatric and adult populations. We aimed to study epidemiological and clinical characteristics of infants and children admitted for pertussis to a tertiary-care hospital and to investigate the risk factors for pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission. Materials and Methods With a retrospective study, we analyzed all medical reports of patients admitted to Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome from January 2011 to December 2018 with a diagnosis of pertussis. Results We examined 195 patients. The majority of hospitalized children (66.15%) were |
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