• Obstetrics and gynecology · Oct 1986

    Case Reports

    Perinatal pertussis.

    • J McGregor, J W Ogle, and G Curry-Kane.
    • Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Oct 1; 68 (4): 582-6.

    AbstractPertussis (whooping cough), a highly contagious disease of childhood, is increasingly recognized among reproductive-age adults and neonates. Described are three cases of maternal-infant pairs in which mother-to-newborn transmission probably occurred and was the cause of extensive morbidity and cost. Means of recognition, treatment, handling, and prevention of this potentially lethal childhood illness are discussed.

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