Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, December 9, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. RR-14

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• Alternative Title:
  Recommended Antimicrobial Agents for the Treatment and Postexposure Prophylaxis of Pertussis: 2005 CDC Guidelines
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Tiwari, Tejpratap ; Murphy, Trudy V. ; Moran, John S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Immunization Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Description:
  The recommendations in this report were developed to broaden the spectrum of antimicrobial agents that are available for treatment and postexposure prophylaxis of pertussis. They include updated information on macrolide agents other than erythromycin (azithromycin and clarithromycin) and their dosing schedule by age group.
  
  Pertussis is an acute bacterial infection of the respiratory tract that is caused by Bordetella pertussis, a gram-negative bacterium (Box 1). B. pertussis is a uniquely human pathogen that is transmitted from an infected person to susceptible persons, primarily through aerosolized droplets of respiratory secretions or by direct contact with respiratory secretions from the infected person.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Whooping Cough / Prevention & Control
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2005; v. 54, no. 14
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Practice Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  14
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:edc9203af897d230bd7bb665cf00f6721f8c61ebc9ac52a5c7743e4b19e50fe62e73443e60e1804a7230f3fe3927a37c8dc556ed793e46614e4342b97e806487
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32994/cdc_32994_DS1.pdf
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