Epidemiology of pertussis in adolescents and adults in Turkey

KARAGUL A., Ogunc D., MİDİLLİ K., ÖNGÜT G., BAYSAN B. O., DÖNMEZ L., ...Daha Fazla

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, cilt.143, sa.12, ss.2613-2618, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 143 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s0950268814003483
  • Dergi Adı: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2613-2618
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bordetella pertussis, adolescents, adults, prolonged cough, Turkey, PERSISTENT COUGH, BORDETELLA-PERTUSSIS, DIAGNOSIS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Two hundred and fourteen patients who had a cough illness lasting at least 2 weeks were studied to investigate Bordetella pertussis as a cause of prolonged cough in adolescents and adults. Medical history and nasopharyngeal swab specimens for culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were obtained at presentation. Three (1.4%) patients were B. pertussis culture-positive; 15 (7%) were B. pertussis PCR-positive (including the culture-positive patients) and 11 (5.1%) were Bordetella spp. PCR-positive. Symptom combinations were significantly high both in patients with pertussis and patients with indeterminate results (P < 0.05). We conclude that B. pertussis should be considered among differential diagnoses of prolonged cough in adolescents and adults and PCR and culture should be used to detect these cases and facilitate public health response.