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2. What Doctors Want You to Know About the Whooping Cough ... - AOL

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   Cases of whooping cough are surging across the country. Doctors share symptoms, how to prevent pertussis, vaccination information, and treatments amid outbreak. ... “Antibiotics started before ...

3. Whooping cough cases are on the rise. Here's what you ... - AOL

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   Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects children and adults alike. ... Nagata says it’s essential to start treatment as soon as possible. "Antibiotics are ...

4. Whooping cough - Wikipedia

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   Whooping cough (/ ˈ h uː p ɪ ŋ / or / ˈ w uː p ɪ ŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1] [10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]

5. Infectious Disease Experts Are Begging Families To Pay ... - AOL

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   "Whooping cough is treatable with antibiotics," Dr. Edwards concurred. "These are most effective in the early course of infection. Even after antibiotics, coughing symptoms may linger for weeks as ...

6. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole - Wikipedia

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   Pertussis (whooping cough) No: No: No: One Cochrane review supports its efficacy in preventing the spread of pertussis. [41] Shigellosis: Yes: Yes: No: Generally accepted treatment for shigellosis. [42] A Cochrane review found that while it is an effective treatment for shigellosis it also produces more significant adverse effects than other ...

7. Bordetella pertussis - Wikipedia

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   Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, pathogenic, encapsulated coccobacillus bacterium of the genus Bordetella, and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough. Its virulence factors include pertussis toxin , adenylate cyclase toxin , filamentous haemagglutinin , pertactin , fimbria , and tracheal cytotoxin .

8. Health experts warn of whooping cough outbreaks in these areas

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   Whooping cough, also known as ... some for which there are no treatment, we wanted to make sure that parents know that pertussis, also called whooping cough, can be treated with antibiotics if ...

9. Lower respiratory tract infection - Wikipedia

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   A systematic review of 32 randomised controlled trials with 6,078 participants with acute respiratory infections compared procalcitonin (a blood marker for bacterial infections) to guide the initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment, against no use of procalcitonin. Among 3,336 people receiving procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy ...