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...
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| description | 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 case of pertussis reinfection 30 years after natural infection, which was complicated by pneumonia, and we discuss our diagnostic and therapeutic approach, aiming to raise clinicians’ degree of suspicion regarding pertussis diagnosis in adults. Prompt recognition and appropriate therapy of adult patients can result in the effective control of the symptoms, prevention of severe complications, and spread of the infection to children; thus, they are of great clinical and public health importance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-022fa066085448e08b2335c5823b85292025-02-03T01:33:02ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/47861414786141Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be IgnoredTheocharis Koufakis0Anastasia Paschala1Dimitrios Siapardanis2Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Larissa, 1 Tsakalof Street, 41221 Larissa, GreeceGeorge Papanikolaou General Hospital, Exochi, 57010 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Robert-Koch-Straße 16, 42781 Haan, GermanyPertussis 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 case of pertussis reinfection 30 years after natural infection, which was complicated by pneumonia, and we discuss our diagnostic and therapeutic approach, aiming to raise clinicians’ degree of suspicion regarding pertussis diagnosis in adults. Prompt recognition and appropriate therapy of adult patients can result in the effective control of the symptoms, prevention of severe complications, and spread of the infection to children; thus, they are of great clinical and public health importance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4786141 |
| spellingShingle | Theocharis Koufakis Anastasia Paschala Dimitrios Siapardanis Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored |
| title_full | Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored |
| title_fullStr | Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored |
| title_short | Pertussis Reinfection in an Adult: A Cause of Persistent Cough Not to Be Ignored |
| title_sort | pertussis reinfection in an adult a cause of persistent cough not to be ignored |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4786141 |
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