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2002 AUG 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical care providers should consider pertussis as a cause of new cough illness in people of all ages, according to a report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the July 19, 2002, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
In 2000, 17 pertussis (whooping cough) deaths were reported in the United States. All deaths occurred in U.S.-born infants who became sick before 4 months of age.
Infants vulnerable to Bordetella pertussis infection are those age
To help prevent additional cases of pertussis, antibiotics can be used to treat people with pertussis and their close ...
Source: HighBeam Research, CDC issues mortality stats for 2000.(Brief Article)