Med. praxi. 2024;21(4):194-198 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2024.031
Whooping cough and its treatment - up‑to‑date situation in the Czech Republic
- Klinika plicních nemocí a tuberkulózy, Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc
- Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého Olomouc
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial disease that affects the ciliated epithelium of the respiratory tract. The disease is transmitted by the inhalation of infected droplets and easily spreads mainly in the population of responsive subjects (newborns, infants). The disease manifests by a paroxysmal unproductive cough, in childhood, and in a high-risk group of people (seniors, immunosuppressed patients, and patients with chronic lung disease) can have a complicated or fatal course. This infection was a frequent cause of infant morbidity and mortality before the development of the vaccine, in present the vaccine against pertussis is a part of mandatory vaccination in infant age in the Czech Republic. In protection of the smallest children, which are mostly threatened by whooping cough, is also recommended a revaccination during pregnancy between 27 and 36 weeks gestation. Cause of the increase in pertussis cases this year, it's good to repeat basic information about the infection and also get to know current recommendations.
Keywords: whooping cough, pertussis, Bordetella pertussis, vaccination, treatment.
Received: July 1, 2024; Accepted: August 30, 2024; Published: October 2, 2024 Show citation
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