Pertussis-like syndrome or pertussis: a delay diagnosis

Heda Melinda Nataprawira, Finia Cahayasari, Arifin Kashmir
2012 Paediatrica Indonesiana  
Recent reports of pertussis epidemiology from Asia, of pertussis is due to lack of access to diagnostic methods, misdiagnoses, under-reporting, and different countries' reporting resembling whooping cough (pertussis) has also been defined as pertussis-like syndrome. Objective syndrome in the pediatric ward of Hasan Sadikin Hospital. Methods like syndrome patients were documented including age, gender, history of pertussis immunization, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, initial
more » ... sis, treatment and clinical response. Isolation of Bordetella pertussis two classifications: probable and confirmed. Results syndrome, including 5 boys and 6 girls. Most subjects were less were the most common symptoms. All were initially diagnosed and cyanosis, while none had apneic symptoms. All B. pertussis clarithromycin showed good clinical responses. Conclusion B. pertussis isolation was unsuccessful in all cases. As such, diagnoses could not be confirmed. [Paediatr Indones. 2012;52:28-31].
doi:10.14238/pi52.1.2012.06 fatcat:jn65dzydg5g4dnkdrctsnvyjoa