The CDC has estimated that the risk of the disease can increase fourfold several years after vaccination, not 10 to 20 times. One reason may be differences in how a case of whooping cough is defined: Witt counted positive test results, while the CDC also requires more than a week of sympt...
Cases confirmed in laboratories have not yet risen, but they are expected to increase as test results are reported. Experts are concerned fewer pregnant women are being vaccinated against whooping cough, after thevaccinationprogramme was introduced in the UK in 2013. More on Vaccination UK 'not pr...
百日咳 Pertussis (Whooping Cough) 百日咳是一种高度传染性疾病,主要发生在儿童和青少年中,由革兰氏阴性菌 Bordetella pertussis引起.症状最初是非特异性上呼吸道感染,然后是阵发性或痉挛性咳嗽,通常以长时间的、尖锐的、鸣叫声收尾。开始表现为非特异性上呼吸道感染,...
Nose or Throat CultureHere, a healthcare professional takes a sample of mucus from the back of the nose or throat to examine under a microscope. Results can take up to seven days. In most cases, this test is very effective, but often fails to detect whooping cough after several weeks of...
First described in the sixteenth century, whooping cough or pertussis is a relatively recent disease in human history, although some of the cough syndromes described in antiquity may in fact be pertussis-like diseases. Whooping cough caused by the gram-n
Hyperimmune serums in treatment of whooping cough; clinical results, with notes on bacteriologic studies and cutaneous tests Hyperimmune serums in treatment of whooping cough; clinical results, with notes on bacteriologic studies and cutaneous testshydrogen peroxide stabilization... JL Kohn,G Rudel -...
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hard to figure out if it's whooping cough, the flu, orbronchitis-- you might need tests. Those often include a nose or throat culture. Your doctor will take a mucus sample and send it to a lab. Technicians will test it to see if it contains the bacteria that causes whooping cough. ...
For Whooping Cough, please try PERTUSSINUM 200. It's a homoeopathic remedy and can be used as a prophylactic too. To your child just give one dose and await results. It's a speedy-working remedy and I've been using it for the last 20 years in my clinic with success. Best of luck...
A patient's journey: whooping cough Recently I had whooping cough. This has now been confirmed by the results of a blood test. I was in little doubt about the diagnosis from the beginning. Ho... R Levenson - Bmj 被引量: 13发表: 2007年 Measles and Whooping-Cough Incidence before and ...