Infants with Suspected Pertussis: Is It a Bacteria Or a Virus?Ranaa Damouni
1.any preparation of weakened or killed bacteria or viruses introduced into the body to prevent a disease by stimulating antibodies against it. 2.the virus of cowpox, used in vaccination, obtained from pox vesicles of a cow or person.
15.“We see this with viruses and bacteria—even with pertussis, one of the reasons that people try to ‘cocoon’ around infants” who cannot initially be vaccinated against that disease. 16."We're seeing a number of cases of pertussis every year that are more typical of when I was a ...
The genus Bordetellaconsists of eight species of bacteria. Bordetella pertussis, the most important human pathogen of this group, is the primary etiological agent of whooping cough (pertussis). B. parapertussis can cause a pertussis-like infection that is less common and less severe than that cause...
The mechanism by which an individual becomes sensitized to an ingested or airborne allergen is not clear, however exposure to bacteria or bacterial products that act as adjuvants may be a contributing factor. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of pertussis toxin (PT) in ...
The pertussis vaccine prevents people from getting the whooping cough. The whooping cough is a respiratory disease cause by a bacteria. It is highly... Learn more about this topic: Pertussis: Cause & Symptoms of Whooping Cough from Chapter 7/ Lesson 2 ...
During a pertussis infection, the bacteria are found in the back of the nose, not in the throat or the front portion of the nose. Can whooping cough testing be done in my healthcare practitioner's office? No. There is no simple, rapid diagnostic test for whooping cough. It requires ...
Pathogenic bacteria and viruses in induced sputum or pharyngeal secretions of adults with stable asthma Rhinovirus, C pneumoniae, and B pertussis are found in the sputum or pharyngeal swab specimens of asthmatic subjects without concurrent symptoms of ... TH Harju,M Leinonen,J Nokso-Koivisto,....
Pentacel). They may include three antigens from purifiedBartonella pertussisbacteria: pertussis toxin (PT), filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertactin (PRN) (i.e.: Infarix, Triacelluvax), or may be five-component vaccines additionally containing fimbrial antigen 2 (Fim2) and fimbrial antigen...
sudden infant death syndromeBordetella pertussisrespiratory syncytial virussmokingLewis(a) antigenLewis(x) antigenimmunisationStaphylococcus aureusCultures of Serpulina... DJ Trott,CR Huxtable,DJ Hampson - 《Infection & Immunity》 被引量: 157发表: 1996年 Are Intestinal bacteria involved in the etiology of...