The Contribution of Syndromic Diagnostic Tests to Pertussis Epidemiology

YAKUT N. , KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ E. , Sarinoglu R. C. , Soyletir G.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, vol.15, no.1, pp.7-11, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/ced.20219902
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Page Numbers: pp.7-11

Abstract

Objective: Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable, contagious respiratory infection. It can cause serious morbidity and mortality especially in young children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of syndromic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of pertussis and the clinical features of the patients.