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Published on: December 10, 2013
Infant pertussis deaths in New South Wales 1996-1997
G D Williams1, N T Matthews, R K Choong
1Children's Intensive Care Unit, Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW. G.Williams@unsw.edu.au
Abstract:
Since 1996, south-eastern Australia has been experiencing a pertussis epidemic which has resulted in the deaths of several infants, including four from NSW in the 12 months to July 1997. All were less than six weeks of age and died from overwhelming cardiovascular compromise despite intensive care support. This excessive infant mortality from a preventable disease demonstrates the need for better pertussis immunity in the community and for erythromycin treatment of all suspected cases and family contacts, especially infants.
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