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Whooping Cough : Causes

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Bordetella pertussis Bacterium

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is an upper respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis bacteria. It is a serious disease that can cause permanent disability in infants, and even death. When an infected perso...

Source:ADAM

Date:March 2, 2006

Whooping Cough

Diagnosis based just on the patient's symptoms is not particularly accurate, as the catarrhal stage may appear to be a heavy cold, a case of the flu, or a simple.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Whooping Cough

Recent advances in the accuracy of diagnostic tests based on polymerase chain reactions (PCR) are now being applied to whooping cough. Researchers in Seattle are presently working on a PCR-based test for.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Whooping Cough