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Revision as of 23:13, 14 January 2016
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.; Serge Korjian M.D.; Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]; Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.
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Overview
Pertussis must be differentiated from other causes of cough, dyspnea, and coryza, such as asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, croup, common cold, cystic fibrosis, foreign body aspiration, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and sinusitis.
Differentiating Pertussis from other diseases
Pertussis must be differentiated from other causes of cough, dyspnea, and coryza, such as:[1]
- Asthma
- Pneumonia (typical or atypical)
- Influenza
- Bronchiolitis (e.g. RSV infection)
- Chlamydia
- Common cold (e.g. rhinovirus infection)
- Croup
- Foreign body aspiration
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Sinusitis (allergic or infectious)
- Tuberculosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Interstitial pneumonitis