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. 2008 Sep;167(9):1017-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0633-6. Epub 2007 Nov 23.

Pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus infections

Cécile Cosnes-Lambe  1 , Josette Raymond, Martin Chalumeau, Charlotte Pons-Catalano, Florence Moulin, Nathalie de Suremain, Hélène Reglier-Poupet, Pierre Lebon, Claire Poyart, Dominique Gendrel
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Pertussis and respiratory syncytial virus infections

Cécile Cosnes-Lambe et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

During the winter 2005-2006, all infants <4 months of age admitted for bronchiolitis or acute respiratory tract infection in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Paris were tested for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis with real-time polymerase-chain reaction (RT-PCR). A positive pertussis-PCR was found in 14/90 (16%) infants infected with RSV and in 5/30 negative for RSV. Similar clinical symptoms were found in all RSV-positive infants with or without pertussis co-infection. Most infants (73%) were not vaccinated against pertussis, and the other children had received one or two injections. In conclusion, pertussis-RSV co-infection is common in young infants, and pertussis-PCR should be used, whenever available.

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