Increasing infant pertussis hospitalization and mortality in South Texas, 1996 to 2006

Maria Falcon; Marita Rafael; Carla Garcia; Jaime Fergie; Kevin Purcell

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bdf543

Increasing infant pertussis hospitalization and mortality in South Texas, 1996 to 2006

Maria Falcon, Marita Rafael, Carla Garcia, Jaime Fergie, Kevin Purcell

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Pertussis admissions ranged from 0 to 7.4 per 10,000 hospitalizations from 1996 to 2003, and from 16.3 to 27.4 per 10,000 hospitalizations from 2004 to 2006. A total of 78% of patients were <4 months old, and 52% had a sick contact that was a family member. A total of 29% of patients required intensive care unit admission, and 3 died during the last 2 years of the study.

Idioma original	English (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)	265-267
Número de páginas	3
Publicación	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volumen	29
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bdf543
Estado	Published - mar 2010
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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