India accounts for the highest number of under-5 years children deaths, with whooping cough being one of the major contributors. Infants < 1 year are at the highest risk of severe disease and death. Early antibiotic treatment reduces the duration and severity of symptoms and renders the patients non-infectious. This article discusses CDC antibiotic recommendations for treatment of whooping cough in pediatric patients. Whooping cough is a severe bacterial infection responsible and a major public health concern.
Infants< 6 months are at greatest risk of complications such as apnoea, severe pneumonia, and encephalopathy. Management Of Pediatric Whooping Cough Antimicrobial agents eradicate B. pertussis from the nasopharynx of infected persons and hence, prevent the spread of the infection. Early antibiotic treatment of pertussis is very important. It is advised to treat pediatric patients…
