Bordetella pertussis infection causing pulmonary hypertension
2002
In Spain the incidence of whooping cough is less than five cases per 100 000 inhabitants.1 Mortality rate is 0.4% in the United States, heart failure being one of the most frequent causes.2 Although cases of death due to Bordetella pertussis infection as a consequence of lung hypertension have been described previously,3–5 this complication is not very well known. Here we report a recent case and review the literature.
A 23 day old girl, who had had a pertussive cough for several days, …
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