Whooping Cough (Pertussis): All You Need to Know

Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of whooping cough (pertussis). Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease, but local outbreaks still happen every few years. Since it's highly contagious, we need to recognize patients with whooping cough, treat them as soon as possible, and do whatever we can to prevent the spread to the most vulnerable populations, especially infants. You will learn about the diagnostic tests for Bordetella pertussis (the cause of whooping cough) and about antibiotics and vaccines that we use to keep this disease in check.

Every clinician has to be able to recognize life-threatening infections like sepsis and CNS infections right away! This free online course teaches you just that! If you work with patients, don't put this off! You will need what you learn in this course the very next shift!

A Clinical Approach to Serious Infections in Adults: What Every Physician Should Know:
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DISCLAIMER: Please, always keep in mind that my videos are intended for educational purposes only. The content of my videos is NOT medical advice. I do not practice medicine over the Internet. If you are a patient and have any questions about your health, please talk to your doctor.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Symptoms of whooping cough (pertussis)
01:38 Whooping cough in infants
02:34 Whole-cell vaccines against pertussis
03:30 Acellular vaccines against pertussis
05:57 Vaccination schedule and recommendations for whooping cough
06:40 Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy
07:56 Treatment of whooping cough
09:10 Post-exposure prophylaxis for whooping cough
10:41 Diagnostic tests for Bordetella pertussis


REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
1. Decker MD, Edwards KM. Pertussis (Whooping Cough). J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 30;224(Suppl 4):S310–20.
2. Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Clinical Information | CDC [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Nov 23]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/clinica...