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Whooping Cough (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: John Cunha, DO

Editors: David Perlstein, MD, FAAP; Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Mary J Choi, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan.

Coauthor(s): Marie Lozon, MD, Division Director of Pediatric Emergency, Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.

References: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/combo-vaccines/DTaP-Td-DT/tdap.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/default.htm#vacc

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/DBMD/diseaseinfo/pertussis_t.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/pert.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/pertussis/pertussis.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/vpd2007/downloads/slides/Pertussis10.ppt

http://www.who.int/wer/2005/en/wer8004.pdf

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/whooping_cough.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001561.htm

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2005


Last Editorial Review: 12/5/2007


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