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Pertussis

Ubaid Khan
KMU
PERTUSSIS
•  It is also called as WHOOPING
COUGH

•  Is an acute infectious disease,


usually of young children caused
by Bordetella pertussis.
AGENT
•   The causative
agent in large
proportion is
Bordetella
pertussis.
•   In less than 5%
cases it is
B.parapertussis.
Epidemiology
 Socio economic conditions and ways of
life also play a role in the epidemiology
of the disease.
 Thus the exposure of risk is greater in
the lower social classes living in
overcrowded conditions
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
•  Whooping cough is mainly spread
by droplet infections and direct
contact.

•  Each time the patient coughs,


sneezes or talks the bacilli are
spread into the air.
INCUBATION PERIOD
•  Usually 7 to 14 days, but not
more than 3 weeks.
COMPLICATIONS
•  Complications occur in 5-6 percent
cases, most frequently in infants
aged less than 6 months.

•  The chief complications are;


bronchitis, bronchopneumonia and
bronchietasis.
Treatment
 Erythromycin is the drug of choice
 A dose of 30-50mg/kg of body weight in 4
divided doses for 10 days has been
recommended.
 Possible alternatives are ampicillin, septran
or tetracycline.
ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION
•  The vaccine is usually
administered in the national
immunization programme as
combined DPT.
THANK YOU

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