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Mahmoud Y Madi1, Manar Y Shahwan2, Christine Nayar3
1Internal Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Abstract:
Pertussis is a commonly underdiagnosed infection with incidence that has been steadily rising in adolescents and adults over the last three decades. Some reports suggested cyclical pattern of pertussis infection occurrence with peaks every two to five years. The complications of pertussis can be infectious or mechanical in the setting of persistent cough. We report an unusual case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with combined lung and liver extrusion in the setting of pertussis infection. This article will review the systematic approach of diagnosis and management of pertussis infections in adults.
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