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Bordetella pertussis infections and sudden unexpected deaths in children |
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| Authors: | U. Heininger K. Stehr G. Schmidt-Schläpfer R. Penning R. Vock W. Kleemann J. D. Cherry |
| Affiliation: | (1) Universitätsklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Loschgestrasse 15, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany;(2) Medlzinische Mikrobiologie, Universitätskinderklinik Basel, Switzerland;(3) Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany;(4) Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Würzburg, Germany;(5) Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Germany;(6) Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca., USA |
| Abstract: | From December 1990 to November 1993 nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained for culture from 50 children (mean 4.9±3.3 months of age) who had died suddenly.Bordetella pertussis was not isolated. Subsequently, nasopharyngeal specimens for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis were obtained from another 51 victims of sudden death (mean 5.4±4.4 months of age); nine (18%) wereB. pertussis positive. |
| Keywords: | Bordetella pertussis Sudden infant death Polymerase chain reaction |
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