CASE BASED REVIEW OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Bordetella pertussis
Dr Tadayo Hashimoto M.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
What is your initial diagnosis of this child?
What additional
information do you need for making the diagnosis more definitive?
- Jerry appears to be suffering from "pertussis" (whooping cough) judging from his clinical symptoms.
- The following information may help make your presumptive diagnosis more definitive.
- Past medical history of Jerry and his family.
- Jerry's vaccination history.
- Epidemiological datra (similar cases in Jerry's neighborhood?).
- Microbiological test results (Isolation or detection of B. pertussis from Jerry"s nasopharyngeal specimens).
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