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Pertussis

MedGen UID:
12159
Concept ID:
C0043167
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Bordetella pertussis infection
SNOMED CT: Pertussis (27836007); Infection due to Bordetella pertussis (27836007); Whooping cough (27836007); WC - Whooping cough (27836007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005077
Orphanet: ORPHA1489

Definition

A rare bacterial infectious disease characterized by severe coughing paroxysms with inspiratory whooping and posttussive vomiting, caused by infection with <i>Bordetella pertussis</i>. After a variable incubation time, the clinical course progresses through a catarrhal stage with sore throat, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and mild progressive dry cough, a paroxysmal stage with the typical paroxysmal coughing, and finally convalescence. Disease duration is usually 2-3 months, often with milder presentation in adolescents and adults than in infants and children. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPertussis
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Carbonetti NH
Pathog Dis 2016 Oct;74(7) Epub 2016 Sep 7 doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftw087. PMID: 27609461Free PMC Article
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Guo S, Zhu Y, Guo Q, Wan C
Ann Med 2024 Dec;56(1):2352606. Epub 2024 May 10 doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2352606. PMID: 38728617Free PMC Article
Regan AK, Moore HC, Binks MJ, McHugh L, Blyth CC, Pereira G, Lust K, Sarna M, Andrews R, Foo D, Effler PV, Lambert S, Van Buynder P
Pediatrics 2023 Nov 1;152(5) doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062664. PMID: 37807881Free PMC Article
Kline JM, Smith EA, Zavala A
Am Fam Physician 2021 Aug 1;104(2):186-192. PMID: 34383446
Kuchar E, Karlikowska-Skwarnik M, Han S, Nitsch-Osuch A
Adv Exp Med Biol 2016;934:77-82. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_21. PMID: 27256351
Kilgore PE, Salim AM, Zervos MJ, Schmitt HJ
Clin Microbiol Rev 2016 Jul;29(3):449-86. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00083-15. PMID: 27029594Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Domenech de Cellès M, Rohani P
Nat Rev Microbiol 2024 Nov;22(11):722-735. Epub 2024 Jun 21 doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01064-8. PMID: 38907021
Kline JM, Smith EA, Zavala A
Am Fam Physician 2021 Aug 1;104(2):186-192. PMID: 34383446
Nguyen VTN, Simon L
Prim Care 2018 Sep;45(3):423-431. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.003. PMID: 30115332
Nieves DJ, Heininger U
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Jun;4(3) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.EI10-0008-2015. PMID: 27337481
Spector TB, Maziarz EK
Med Clin North Am 2013 Jul;97(4):537-52, ix. Epub 2013 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2013.02.004. PMID: 23809713

Therapy

Boisnard F, Manson C, Serradell L, Macina D
Expert Rev Vaccines 2023 Jan-Dec;22(1):1196-1213. Epub 2023 Dec 6 doi: 10.1080/14760584.2023.2280236. PMID: 37936265
Callegaro A, Curran D, Matthews S
Pharm Stat 2020 Sep;19(5):636-645. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1002/pst.2020. PMID: 32220002Free PMC Article
Abdullahi LH, Kagina BM, Ndze VN, Hussey GD, Wiysonge CS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Jan 17;1(1):CD011895. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011895.pub2. PMID: 31978259Free PMC Article
Munoz FM, Bond NH, Maccato M, Pinell P, Hammill HA, Swamy GK, Walter EB, Jackson LA, Englund JA, Edwards MS, Healy CM, Petrie CR, Ferreira J, Goll JB, Baker CJ
JAMA 2014 May 7;311(17):1760-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3633. PMID: 24794369Free PMC Article
Yeh SH
Expert Rev Vaccines 2005 Apr;4(2):139-45. doi: 10.1586/14760584.4.2.139. PMID: 15889985

Prognosis

Kardos P, Correia de Sousa J, Heininger U, Konstantopoulos A, MacIntyre CR, Middleton D, Nolan T, Papi A, Rendon A, Rizzo A, Sampson K, Sette A, Sobczyk E, Tan T, Weil-Olivier C, Weinberger B, Wilkinson T, Wirsing von König CH
Hum Vaccin Immunother 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2324547. Epub 2024 Apr 2 doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2324547. PMID: 38564339Free PMC Article
Benn CS, Fisker AB, Rieckmann A, Sørup S, Aaby P
Lancet Infect Dis 2020 Oct;20(10):e274-e283. Epub 2020 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30742-X. PMID: 32645296
Kuchar E, Karlikowska-Skwarnik M, Han S, Nitsch-Osuch A
Adv Exp Med Biol 2016;934:77-82. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_21. PMID: 27256351
Berghella V, Buchanan E, Pereira L, Baxter JK
Obstet Gynecol Surv 2010 Feb;65(2):119-31. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e3181d0c358. PMID: 20100361
Black S
Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997 Apr;16(4 Suppl):S85-9. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199704001-00003. PMID: 9109162

Clinical prediction guides

Domenech de Cellès M, Rohani P
Nat Rev Microbiol 2024 Nov;22(11):722-735. Epub 2024 Jun 21 doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01064-8. PMID: 38907021
Guo S, Zhu Y, Guo Q, Wan C
Ann Med 2024 Dec;56(1):2352606. Epub 2024 May 10 doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2352606. PMID: 38728617Free PMC Article
Regan AK, Moore HC, Binks MJ, McHugh L, Blyth CC, Pereira G, Lust K, Sarna M, Andrews R, Foo D, Effler PV, Lambert S, Van Buynder P
Pediatrics 2023 Nov 1;152(5) doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062664. PMID: 37807881Free PMC Article
Callegaro A, Curran D, Matthews S
Pharm Stat 2020 Sep;19(5):636-645. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1002/pst.2020. PMID: 32220002Free PMC Article
Kuchar E, Karlikowska-Skwarnik M, Han S, Nitsch-Osuch A
Adv Exp Med Biol 2016;934:77-82. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_21. PMID: 27256351

Recent systematic reviews

O'Grady NP, Alexander E, Alhazzani W, Alshamsi F, Cuellar-Rodriguez J, Jefferson BK, Kalil AC, Pastores SM, Patel R, van Duin D, Weber DJ, Deresinski S
Crit Care Med 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1570-1586. Epub 2023 Oct 12 doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006022. PMID: 37902340
Costantino RC, Leonard J, Gorman EF, Ventura D, Baltz A, Gressler LE
Ann Pharmacother 2023 Oct;57(10):1221-1236. Epub 2023 Jan 23 doi: 10.1177/10600280221135750. PMID: 36688284
Leidner AJ, Murthy N, Chesson HW, Biggerstaff M, Stoecker C, Harris AM, Acosta A, Dooling K, Bridges CB
Vaccine 2019 Jan 7;37(2):226-234. Epub 2018 Dec 4 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.056. PMID: 30527660Free PMC Article
Jarrett C, Wilson R, O'Leary M, Eckersberger E, Larson HJ; SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy
Vaccine 2015 Aug 14;33(34):4180-90. Epub 2015 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.040. PMID: 25896377
Kramer A, Schwebke I, Kampf G
BMC Infect Dis 2006 Aug 16;6:130. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-130. PMID: 16914034Free PMC Article

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