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A Haug

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Treatment and prevention of pertussis by antimicrobial agents (Part II).

Suitable antimicrobials given during the catarrhal stage of whooping cough can attenuate the course of the disease. The efficacy of antibiotics administered prophylactically during the incubation period remains controversial but appears to be beneficial. Currently, erythromycin given for two weeks is the antibiotic of choice for pertussis. No treatment failures were observed with erythromycin estolate. Erythromycin ethylsuccinate and stearate must be given at high dosages (50-60 mg/kg/day) in order to achieve sufficient concentrations in the respiratory secretions. With ampicillin and amoxicillin treatment failures have been observed. The role of josamycin and co-trimoxazole in pertussis remains open.

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bordetella pertussis (Part I).

In this review of the literature data are collected from the more recent studies on the susceptibility of Bordetella pertussis to penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, erythromycin, josamycin, co-trimoxazole and various other antibiotics. The methods of susceptibility testing of B. pertussis are discussed and suggestions for standardization are made.

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