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01-09-2008 | Original Article

Pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus infections

Authors: Cécile Cosnes-Lambe, Josette Raymond, Martin Chalumeau, Charlotte Pons-Catalano, Florence Moulin, Nathalie de Suremain, Hélène Reglier-Poupet, Pierre Lebon, Claire Poyart, Dominique Gendrel

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 9/2008

Abstract

During the winter 2005–2006, all infants <4 months of age admitted for bronchiolitis or acute respiratory tract infection in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Paris were tested for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis with real-time polymerase-chain reaction (RT-PCR). A positive pertussis-PCR was found in 14/90 (16%) infants infected with RSV and in 5/30 negative for RSV. Similar clinical symptoms were found in all RSV-positive infants with or without pertussis co-infection. Most infants (73%) were not vaccinated against pertussis, and the other children had received one or two injections. In conclusion, pertussis-RSV co-infection is common in young infants, and pertussis-PCR should be used, whenever available.

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Title: Pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus infections
Authors: Cécile Cosnes-Lambe
Josette Raymond
Martin Chalumeau
Charlotte Pons-Catalano
Florence Moulin
Nathalie de Suremain
Hélène Reglier-Poupet
Pierre Lebon
Claire Poyart
Dominique Gendrel
Publication date: 01-09-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 9/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0633-6

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