Lack of Pertussis Protective Antibodies in Healthcare Providers Taking Care of Neonates and Infants in a Children's Hospital
Journal
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
4
Pages
433-435
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Ma H.-Y.
Liu Y.-C.
Hsieh W.-S.
Abstract
Contact tracing and seroepidemiologic studies were done after a premature baby contracted pertussis in a children's hospital. No infection source was confirmed. Four (3.5%) healthcare providers were positive for anti-pertussis IgM, while only 23% (26/113) were positive for IgG in a following survey. Pertussis vaccination for healthcare providers is needed. Copyright ? 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Other Subjects
C reactive protein; immunoglobulin G antibody; immunoglobulin M antibody; bacterium antibody; immunoglobulin G; bacterium detection; birth weight; Bordetella pertussis; case report; contact examination; ELISA kit; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; female; fever; gestational age; health care personnel; human; infant care; lymphocyte count; male; neonatal intensive care unit; neutrophil count; newborn; newborn care; oxygen desaturation; pertussis; polymerase chain reaction; prematurity; priority journal; protein blood level; Review; serology; tachypnea; blood; Bordetella pertussis; health care personnel; hospital; immunology; infant; seroepidemiology; statistics and numerical data; Whooping Cough; Antibodies, Bacterial; Bordetella pertussis; Contact Tracing; Female; Health Personnel; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Infant; Infant, Premature; Male; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Whooping Cough
Publisher
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Type
review