Pertussis hospitalizations among term and preterm infants: clinical course and vaccine effectiveness.

Nicoline A T van der MaasElisabeth A M SandersFlorens G A VersteeghAlbertine BaauwAnneke WesterhofHester E de Melker

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Infants hospitalized for pertussis suffer from severe disease. Preterms were overrepresented, with higher need for intensive treatment and less VE of first vaccination. These findings stress the need for alternative prevention, in particular prenatal vaccination of mothers, to reduce pertussis in both groups.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
pregnant women
early onset
combination therapy
drug induced