CASE BASED REVIEW OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Bordetella pertussis
Dr Tadayo Hashimoto M.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
How do you prevent this disease?
- Vaccination with whole killed cell or partially purified (acellular) vaccine
- Included in universal DPT vaccines
- Vaccine is proved effective
- As seen in this case, pertussis immunization is contraindicated in patients where there is evidence of a progressive neurological deficit, or family of neurological disease in a first degree relative. There was a family history of epilepsy in the maternal uncle of Jerry.
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