PERTUSSIS

Question 1

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS

Answer 1

GRAM NEG COCCOBACILLUS
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
INCUBATION 1-3 WEEKS

Question 2

PERTUSSIS PHASES

Answer 2

3 PHASES
CATARRHAL: CORYZA, CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION AND MILD COUGH

7-10 DAYS LATER: PAROXYSMAL PHASE
WORSENING COUGH, SYNCOPE,
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
LASTS SEVERAL WEEKS

THEN CONVALESCENT PHASE

Question 3

PERTUSSIS DIAGNOSIS

Answer 3

DURING FIRST 3 WEEKS
PCR
CULTURE OF NASOPHARYNGEAL SECRETIONS IS
GOLD STANDARD

Question 4

PERTUSSIS TREATMENT

Answer 4

ABX WITHIN FIRST 4 WEEKS
REDUCE RISK OF TRANSMITTING INFECTION

ZITHROMYCIN: FIRST LINE
BACTRIM : ALTERNATIVE