Pertussis chest x ray

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Among patients with a cough and other symptoms suggestive of pertussis, a chest X-ray should be performed to rule out other diagnoses such as atypical pneumonia or foreign body aspiration.