Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections

Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections

Abstract Background Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B. pertussis infection alone and those with respiratory...

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Main Authors: A. Frassanito, R. Nenna, A. Nicolai, A. Pierangeli, A. E. Tozzi, P. Stefanelli, R. Carsetti, C. Concato, I. Schiavoni, F. Midulla, the Pertussis study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Pertussis
Respiratory virus
Severity
Child
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2567-6

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