A randomized controlled trial of the effect of pertussis vaccines on atopic disease

Article Abstract:

Pertussis vaccines do not appear to increase the risk of allergy in children. Pertussis vaccines protect children against whooping cough. Researchers studied the incidence of asthma among 669 children who received three different types of pertussis vaccine or a placebo. At the age of 2-1/2 years, 30% of the children had developed an allergy but the rate of allergy was similar in all four groups. However, 40% of the children with whooping cough developed allergy. Nineteen percent developed asthma compared with only 9% of children who did not develop whooping cough.

Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Allergy, Pertussis vaccines

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Atypical Cat-scratch Disease

Article Abstract:

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a relatively common infection with the Bartonella henselae bacterium generally caused by a cat-scratch or bite. A 2-year-old boy with lymph node enlargement in the arm and armpit, a fever, abdominal pain, and cough for 6 weeks illustrates a case. Chest x-rays revealed abnormalities in both lungs, and the child had linear red marks on his chest. CSD was diagnosed by a lymph node biopsy. Most cases resolve fully within 2-4 months without treatment, and antimicrobial drug therapy does not typically improve the outcome.

United States, Health aspects, Statistical Data Included, Case studies, Bites and stings, Bites (Injuries), Stings (Injuries), Cat-scratch disease

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