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. 2003;18(10):1013-5.
doi: 10.1023/a:1025860917328.

Is pertussis being considered as a cause of persistent cough among adults?

Carine Couzigou, Antoine Flahault

Is pertussis being considered as a cause of persistent cough among adults?

Carine Couzigou et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2003.

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the 1124 French Sentinel network general practitioners ability to consider pertussis as a cause of persistent cough among adults. Pertussis was rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of cough (6%). Factors associated with pertussis being considered included younger age, shorter cough duration, world health organization clinical definition for pertussis, and muscular chest pain.

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