Leukemoid Reaction in Infant Pertussis: Is There a Place for Hydroxyurea? A Case Report

• Main Authors: Guillaume Maitre (Author), Damien Schaffner (Author), Julia Natterer (Author), David Longchamp (Author), Thomas Ferry (Author), Manuel Diezi (Author), Stefano Di Bernardo (Author), Marie-Hélène Perez (Author), Vivianne Amiet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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A 73-days old infant of 34 weeks' gestation was hospitalized with a co-infection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Bordetella pertussis (BP). She required invasive ventilation for 9 days in the context of malignant pertussis with persistent hypoxemia and hypercapnia secondary to a leukem...