1C12.0
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Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis
Definition
A disease of the upper respiratory tract, caused by an infection of the gram-negative bacteria Bordetella pertussis. This disease typically presents with paroxysmal cough, inspiratory whoop, and fainting or vomiting after coughing. Transmission is by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of Bordetella pertussis from nasopharyngeal samples or sputum, or detection of antibodies against Bordetella pertussis.
Also indexed as
Bordetella pertussis infectionPneumonia due to whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussisWhooping cough due to Bordetella pertussispneumonia due to whooping coughpneumonia in pertussispneumonia in whooping coughpneumonia with pertussispneumonia with whooping cough