Madi Mahmoud Y, Shahwan Manar Y, Nayar Christine, Kher Sucharita
Internal Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Internal Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, JOR.
Cureus. 2019 Jan 23;11(1):e3941. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3941.
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.
百日咳是一种常被漏诊的感染性疾病，在过去三十年中，青少年和成人的发病率一直在稳步上升。一些报告表明，百日咳感染呈周期性发生模式，每两到五年出现一次高峰。在持续性咳嗽的情况下，百日咳的并发症可能是感染性的或机械性的。我们报告了一例不寻常的病例，一名67岁女性在百日咳感染时出现了肺和肝联合挤压。本文将综述成人百日咳感染的诊断和管理的系统方法。
