Performance of the new clinical case definitions of pertussis in pertussis suspected infection and other diagnoses similar to pertussis.

Performance of the new clinical case definitions of pertussis in pertussis suspected infection and other diagnoses similar to pertussis.

BACKGROUND:In an effort to improve the pertussis diagnosis, the Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) proposed an algorithm of the signs/symptoms of pertussis for three age groups: 0-3 months, 4 months to 9 years, and ≥10 years of age. METHODS:We evaluated the accuracy of the clinical case definitions f...

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Main Authors: Mioljub Ristić, Biljana Radosavljević, Vesna D Stojanović, Milan Đilas, Vladimir Petrović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6147443?pdf=render

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