Clinical, laboratorial and radiographic predictors of Bordetella pertussis infection

• Main Authors: Camila Vieira Bellettini (Author), Andressa Welter de Oliveira (Author), Cintia Tusset (Author), Ludmila Fiorenzano Baethgen (Author), Sérgio Luís Amantéa (Author), Fabrizio Motta (Author), Aline Gasparotto (Author), Huander Felipe Andreolla (Author), Alessandro C. Pasqualotto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To identify clinical, laboratorial and radiographic predictors for Bordetella pertussis infection.METHODS: This was a retrospective study, which analyzed medical records of all patients submitted to a molecular dignosis (qPCR) for B. pertussis from September 2011 to January 2013. Clinical...