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Adult Pertussis Is Hazardous for the Newborn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ellen Bamberger ,
Orna Starets-Haham ,
David Greenberg ,
Argyro Karidis ,
Nurit Porat ,
Gad Bar-Joseph ,
Rosa Gershtein  and
Isaac Srugo
Ellen Bamberger*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Orna Starets-Haham
Affiliation:
Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, and Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
David Greenberg
Affiliation:
Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, and Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Argyro Karidis
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Nurit Porat
Affiliation:
Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, and Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Gad Bar-Joseph
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rosa Gershtein
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isaac Srugo
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
*
Bnai Zion Medical Center, Department of Microbiology, Haifa, Israel31048 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We report 4 cases involving the likely transmission of pertussis from parents to newborns in a hospital setting. The adoption of proper infection control measures and targeted screening of parents may reduce the potential for such transmission.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , June 2006 , pp. 623 - 625
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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