ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2021
Pertussis in early life: underdiagnosed, severe, and risky disease. A seven-year experience in a pediatric tertiary-care hospital.
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- Effectiveness and safety of 2-month versus 3-month pertussis vaccination initiation and the impact of dosing timeliness: a population-based birth cohort study in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A retrospective, single-center analysis of clinical features and mortality risk factors in pediatric pertussis patients with severe pneumonia and encephalopathy complications in Southwest China.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and macrolide resistance analysis of pertussis in children: a retrospective study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Pertussis outbreak investigation, associated risk factors, and evaluation of intervention effectiveness in Sayient Woreda, South Wollo Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A case-control study.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
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- Molecular epidemiological characteristics of pertussis in a pediatric hospital in Jinan City, China, 2022 to 2024.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors among hospitalized infants and children with pertussis in China: a retrospective study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Whooping Cough Cases Increase in Central Italy after COVID-19 Pandemic.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Epidemiological profile of pertussis in infants in Casablanca from 2012 to 2019].The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimPertussis continues to be a common worldwide infection in pediatric and adult populations.We aimed to study epidemiological and clinical characteristics of infants and children admitted for pertussis to a tertiary-care hospital and to investigate the risk factors for pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission. MATERIALS AND
methodsWith a retrospective study, we analyzed all medical reports of patients admitted to Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome from January 2011 to December 2018 with a diagnosis of pertussis.
resultsWe examined 195 patients. The majority of hospitalized children (66.15%) were <3 months of age. No mother had received pertussis containing vaccine during pregnancy. Ten cases required admission in PICU. The age at admission was lower in PICU patients with respect to ward patients (42.8 vs 240 days;
conclusionsPertussis is a remerging disease. In infants, it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In recent years, many countries have implemented different vaccination strategies and public health measures to prevent the increase in pertussis cases. Maternal vaccination has been shown to be highly protective for infants <3 months of age before they can develop their own immunity via vaccination.
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