Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored
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Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored
Pertussis is traditionally considered as a disease of the childhood; however, accumulating evidence suggests a stable increase of its incidence among adults and adolescents, during the last decades. Despite the fact that reinfection after natural disease or vaccination is not uncommon, the index of clinical suspicion of pertussis diagnosis in adults remains low. In this article, we report a cas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2017/4786141