Clinical characteristics, molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of pertussis among children in southern China.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that leukocytosis is not a sensitive indicator of pertussis. Isolates with the gene profile ptxP3/prn2 were highly circulating in Shenzhen and less resistant to macrolides, different from patterns observed in other parts of China.
PMID: 31493136 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: World Journal of Pediatrics : WJP - September 5, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Zhang JS, Wang HM, Yao KH, Liu Y, Lei YL, Deng JK, Yang YH Tags: World J Pediatr Source Type: research