Diagnosaurus
Pertussis (whooping cough)
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DDx
- Viral or bacterial pneumonia
- Asthma
- Other causes of chronic cough in adults, eg, postnasal drip, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
- Bronchiolitis, eg, respiratory syncytial virus (children)
- Croup (children)
- Infectious mononucleosis (both may have atypical lymphocytosis)
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DDx
- Viral or bacterial pneumonia
- Asthma
- Other causes of chronic cough in adults, eg, postnasal drip, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
- Bronchiolitis, eg, respiratory syncytial virus (children)
- Croup (children)
- Infectious mononucleosis (both may have atypical lymphocytosis)
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Pertussis (whooping Cough)." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114093/all/Pertussis__whooping_cough_.
Zeiger RFR. Pertussis (whooping cough). Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114093/all/Pertussis__whooping_cough_. Accessed March 25, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Pertussis (whooping cough). In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114093/all/Pertussis__whooping_cough_
Zeiger RFR. Pertussis (whooping Cough) [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 25]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114093/all/Pertussis__whooping_cough_.
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