PPT-(pertussis)

Whooping Cough Whooping cough was discovered in 1906 by two French scientists and they found the pertussis bacteria 5000 to 10000 people died due to the whooping cough bacteria Whooping cough now kills about 30 people n year due to us now having vaccines available to us . What’s All The Whoop About. What is Pertussis. Bordetella. pertussis . also referred to as . Whooping Cough. Whooping cough is a disease caused by a fastidious pathogen that invades the respiratory system. This pathogen secretes a toxin that disrupts the normal function of cilia in the lungs,  resulting in a severe cough.. Pathogenesis,Clinical. . picture,Lab. ∆,. treatment. & . Prophylaxis. By. Syed . Nafeez. Pathogenesis. :. B.Pertussis. . is. an . obligate. . human. parasite, . surviving. . only. for . Briana D. . Pertussis. Pertussis is also known as whopping cough. Lower Respiratory Tract infection . Etiology. Caused by bacterium Bordetella pertussis . Gram (-) cocci bacterium. Encapsulated immotile aerobe that do not make spores. AND VICE VERSA. CASE 1:. . 43 YEAR OLD MALE. 2 DAY HX OF INCREASING, MOSTLY RIGHT SIDED THROAT PAIN, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING, CHILLS. NO COUGH.. PRESENTS TO ER WITH INABILITY TO SWALLOW, SEVERE NECK PAIN, THROAT TIGHTNESS. Jaclyn Topinio. What is the . Tdap. vaccine?. a combined vaccine that protects children and adults against three diseases: . Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis. Tdap. is a booster vaccine. Birth . –. Path 417. Sophia Sidi. Case 4. 36-year-old Joseph has been suffering from multiple spells of violent coughing for 6 weeks. Prior to developing the chronic cough he had, what he describes as, a mild upper respiratory tract irritation, mild fever, runny nose and a cough that lasted about 3 days. More recently, and at the insistence of his spouse, he finally visits a drop-in clinic where the doctor asks him about his childhood vaccinations. Joseph reports that, to the best of his knowledge he had all the required shots but he admits to not having any since becoming an adult. Upon examining Joseph the doctor finds some redness in his throat but his lungs are clear and there are no enlarged lymph nodes in his neck. The doctor collects a throat swab to send to the laboratory, prescribes some codeine syrup and informs Joseph that the cough may last a few more weeks.. Lam C, Octavia S, Ricafort L, Sintchenko V, Gilbert GL, Wood N, et al. Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014;20(4):626-633. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131478. By:. Lecturer Dr. . Thanaa. . Rasheed. Outline. Haemophilus. . influenzae. ,. . Bordetella. . pertussis. ,. . Legionella. . pneumophila. .. Important Properties. Diseases and Pathogenesis, . Laboratory Diagnosis. Li-Min Huang, MD, PhD. Professor, Department of Pediatrics. National Taiwan University Hospital . Taiwan. Disclosures. Dr. Li-Min Huang received travel grants, lecture fees, clinical trial grants from GSK, Merck, Sanofi, Novartis, Pfizer and Adimmune. Disease: Whooping cough. Summary by Gurtaj Mahil. A chronic cough. 36-year-old Joseph has been suffering from multiple spells of violent coughing for 6 weeks. Prior to developing the chronic cough he had, what he describes as, a mild upper respiratory tract irritation, mild fever, runny nose and a cough that lasted about 3 days. More recently, and at the insistence of his spouse, he finally visits a drop-in clinic where the doctor asks him about his childhood vaccinations. Joseph reports that, to the best of his knowledge he had all the required shots but he admits to not having any since becoming an adult. Upon examining Joseph the doctor finds some redness in his throat but his lungs are clear and there are no enlarged lymph nodes in his neck. The doctor collects a throat swab to send to the laboratory, prescribes some codeine syrup and informs Joseph that the cough may last a few more weeks.. 1 IN THIS ISSUE:Botulism: Food SafetyCRE and CRPA Reporting in SCIONDengue Virus Infections Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control 2 DHEC’s addition coincides with the Council of S What is the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine? The Tdap vaccine protects against three diseases: tetanus (lockjaw), diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough). The vaccine is a ture wounds. This is why we get a Tetanus vaccine when we step on a dirty nail. Tetanus causes painful tightening of the muscles all over the body. It is also called lockjaw because it can lead to A global picture in 2019.  . April 2021. Prepared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Immunization Division in collaboration with Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) Department of the World Health Organization. .