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BORTEDELLA PERTUSIS
Known as Whooping Cough
Releases toxins that destroy cilia and cause inflammation
Highly contagious
Contracted through sneezing and coughing and air droplets
S&S
Cold like symptoms
Mild fever
Violent cough that produces a 'whooping' sound
Infant may develop APNEA
🚑🚑Vaccine🚑🚑
•Antibiotic therapy
•Under a month old- Azithromycin
•Infants over a month old- erythromycin, clarithromycin and Azithromycin
•Children and Pregnant women- azithromycin, clarithromycin and erythromycin.
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxasole can also be used.
•Adults-azithromycin (but is given with a cardiac warning)