Anyone, including adults, can get pertussis, but infants stand a particularly severe, even life-threatening, risk. The pertussis vaccine is recommended for both adults and children. This vaccine helps prevent the spread of infection of whooping cough in infants and others. Vaccines are available ...
The skin test for the diagnosis of whooping cough described by Pechere of Brussels in 1928 has been investigated. The reagent employed was a vaccine containing 1, 000 million organisms per cc. of a stock culture of the Bordet-Gengou bacillus, intracutaneous injections of 0.05 or 0.1 cc. bei...
The popular name for tetanus is a. hydrophobia. b. lockjaw. c. whooping cough. d. consumption. b) lockjaw The exotoxin produced by C. tetani is a. tetanoxin. b. exotetanus. c. tetanospasmin. d. endospasmin. c) tetanospasm
A more rapid and less complicated test to diagnose pertussis is required in clinical settings. We need to detect Bordetella pertussis, which mainly causes pertussis, as early as possible, because pertussis is more likely to become severe in infants, and
These ranges apply to children from infancy through adolescence; consult your doctor for specific values for infants and young children. Mayo Clinic (2022).Low White Blood Cell Count.Accessed on November 6, 2024. Mayo Clinic (2022).High white blood cell count. Accessed on November 6, 2024. ...
pertussis whooping cough; highly contagious. Common in infants Tetanus a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles. Called lock jaw Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) virus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted through any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, sem...
Background An increase of pertussis cases, especially in young infants and adolescents, has been noted in various countries. Whooping cough is most serious... P Urwyler,U Heininger - 《Bmc Infectious Diseases》 被引量: 37发表: 2014年 Sex role beliefs, control, and social isolation of battere...