Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease usually affecting young children. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis in the majority of cases. The disease spreads through droplet infections and direct contact when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Complications can occur in 5-6% of cases, especially in infants under 6 months old, and include bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, and bronchietasis. Treatment involves administering erythromycin or alternative antibiotics for 10 days. Active immunization is provided through the DPT vaccine as part of national immunization programs.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease usually affecting young children. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis in the majority of cases. The disease spreads through droplet infections and direct contact when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Complications can occur in 5-6% of cases, especially in infants under 6 months old, and include bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, and bronchietasis. Treatment involves administering erythromycin or alternative antibiotics for 10 days. Active immunization is provided through the DPT vaccine as part of national immunization programs.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease usually affecting young children. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis in the majority of cases. The disease spreads through droplet infections and direct contact when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Complications can occur in 5-6% of cases, especially in infants under 6 months old, and include bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, and bronchietasis. Treatment involves administering erythromycin or alternative antibiotics for 10 days. Active immunization is provided through the DPT vaccine as part of national immunization programs.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease usually affecting young children. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis in the majority of cases. The disease spreads through droplet infections and direct contact when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Complications can occur in 5-6% of cases, especially in infants under 6 months old, and include bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, and bronchietasis. Treatment involves administering erythromycin or alternative antibiotics for 10 days. Active immunization is provided through the DPT vaccine as part of national immunization programs.
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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