Pertussis NewsNews on Pertussis continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of erythromycin estolate...- December 31, 2007 A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of erythromycin estolate chemoprophylaxis for household contacts of children with culture-positive bordetella pertussis infection. via CiteULikehttp://www.topix.net/health/pertussis/2007/12/a-randomized-placebo-controlled-trial-of-ery... Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis).- December 29, 2007 Cochrane Database Syst Rev , No. 3. Abstract BACKGROUND: Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease. via CiteULikehttp://www.topix.net/health/pertussis/2007/12/antibiotics-for-whooping-cough-pertussis?fro... V.I. whooping cough outbreak still being monitored- December 27, 2007 "The students came in and she knew something was amiss" V.I. Health Department officials are continuing to keep an eye on an outbreak of whooping cough on St. via Virgin Islands Daily Newshttp://www.topix.net/health/pertussis/2007/12/v-i-whooping-cough-outbreak-still-being-moni... 12 cases of whooping cough confirmed at BJU, state says- December 7, 2007 "Pertussis happens. Someone got it and it spread. We won't know where the first official case came from. Tracking that down is really impossible." Twelve actual cases of whooping cough at Bob Jones University were confirmed through lab tests, the state health department said Thursday night, and two other cases were listed as "probable." The agency said ... via The Greenville Newshttp://www.topix.net/health/pertussis/2007/12/12-cases-of-whooping-cough-confirmed-at-bju-... |