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Purpose : Pertussis, a respiratory tract infection caused by Bordetella pertussis, is an important
cause of morbidity in children. But diagnosis of pertussis is often delayed because of late
development of typical symptoms and difficulties in culture. There has been no bacteriologically
confirmed case of B. pertussis infection in Korea. Lower respiratoy tract may be involved in
pertussis. We performed the polymerase chain reaction(PCR)... |
