Nosocomial pertussis in the nineties.
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J D Cherry
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Comparison of values of antibody to Bordetella pertussis antigens in young German and American men.
Pertussis is well controlled in the United States by routine childhood immunization. In contrast, this disease is endemic and epidemic in Germany because routine immunization has not been implemented. To gain information relating to the epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis infections, we examined the prevalence and magnitude of B. pertussis agglutinins and of IgG and IgA antibodies (detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) to four B. pertussis antigens--lymphocytosis-promoting factor, filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, and fimbriae-2--in the sera of 119 American university students and 119 German military recruits of similar age. Geometric mean titers of agglutinins and geometric mean values for IgG antibodies to the four antigens were two- to threefold higher in sera from the American students than in sera from German recruits. In contrast, the geometric mean IgA values and the percentage of subjects with detectable IgA antibodies to the four antigens were similar in the two populations. Since IgA antibody results mainly from infection and not from immunization, our data suggest that B. pertussis infections are common among both American and German young adults despite the marked difference in rates of clinical pertussis in the two countries.
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Frequency of unrecognized Bordetella pertussis infections in adults.
To investigate the frequency of unrecognized Bordetella pertussis infections in adults, we performed IgA and IgG ELISA antibody studies with four B. pertussis antigens--i.e., lymphocytosis-promoting factor, filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, and fimbriae-2--in 51 health care workers from whom six consecutive yearly serum samples (from 1984 to 1989) were available. Overall, 90% of the subjects had a significant increase in antibody (IgA or IgG) to one or more antigens between 2 consecutive years during the 5-year study period; 55% of subjects had evidence of two infections, 17% had three infections, and 4% had four infections. Infections occurred in all study years, with the following rates: 1984-1985, 32%; 1985-1986, 24%; 1986-1987, 40%; 1987-1988, 29%; and 1988-1989, 43% (P = .12). Some antibody rises may have been due to responses to cross-reacting antigens (Bordetella parapertussis, nontypable Haemophilus influenzae), but overall these data suggest that B. pertussis infections in adults are common, endemic, and usually unrecognized.
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Pertussis in German adults.
In a large pertussis vaccine efficacy trial in Germany, vaccinees and/or their family members were seen if a cough illness of >14 days was reported. Evidence of recent Bordetella pertussis infection included a positive culture and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or significant antibody values in agglutination and/or ELISA assay. From July 1991 through February 1994, 246 adults were evaluated and 64 had evidence of B. pertussis infection; of these, 38% had whooping, 26% had a history of previous pertussis, and 48% were the primary cases in a family. The 64 adult cases suggest an adult attack rate in this population of 133 per 100,000 population per year. Since pertussis has been endemic and epidemic in Germany during the last 2 decades, it would seem likely that few persons would escape B. pertussis infections during childhood. In this regard, none of the serological controls lacked antibody to all four B. pertussis antigens (lymphocytosis-promoting factor, filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, and fimbriae-2). Thus, serological evidence of past infection may not indicate protection, and the widely held belief that individuals who have had infections with B. pertussis have lifelong clinical immunity to this disease is probably wrong.
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Household contact study of Bordetella pertussis infections.
Household contacts of primary pertussis cases were evaluated. Infection was determined by culture, direct fluorescent antibody assay, and serological criteria. Agglutinin titers and values of ELISA IgG and IgA antibodies to lymphocytosis-promoting factor, filamentous hemagglutinin, and pertactin were determined. In 39 households 255 subjects were exposed; 114 remained well (group 1), 53 had mild illness (group 2), and 88 had pertussis (group 3). The infection rates were 46% (group 1), 43% (group 2), and 80% (group 3). In a subgroup of subjects seen within 14-28 days of exposure, it was found that none with clinical pertussis had a value of IgG antibody to pertactin in acute-phase sera of > or = 50 ELISA units (EU) per mL or an agglutinin titer of > 256. Of the primary cases, 53% were > or = 13 years of age. These data point out the importance of Bordetella pertussis infections in adolescents and adults as a source of infection in young children. Our subgroup data suggest that high values of antibody to pertactin and high agglutinin titers may be predictive of protection against clinical pertussis.
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Polymerase chain reaction identification of Bordetella pertussis infections in vaccinees and family members in a pertussis vaccine efficacy trial in Germany.
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was recently added to conventional culture and serology for the diagnoses of Bordetella pertussis infection in a large vaccine efficacy trial in Germany. In vaccinees or family members who had illnesses with cough, two nasopharyngeal swabs (calcium alginate for culture and Dacron for PCR) were taken and initial and follow-up clinical data were obtained. PCR was done using oligonucleotide primers PTp1 and PTp2 which amplify a 191-base pair DNA fragment of pertussis toxin operon. From December, 1993, to May, 1994, 555 pairs of swabs were processed; 28 grew B. pertussis and 9 grew B. parapertussis. Twenty-six of the 28 subjects with B. pertussis-positive cultures also had positive PCR results as did one of the 9 B. parapertussis cases and 82 additional samples were positive by PCR. PCR increased the identification of subjects with B. pertussis infections by almost 4-fold. Clinical characteristics were analyzed by laboratory category (Group 1, 28 culture-positive; Group 2, 82 culture-negative, PCR-positive; and Group 3, 436 culture- and PCR-negative). Group 1 subjects were more likely to have a diagnosis of definite or probable pertussis and to have paroxysmal cough, posttussive vomiting, whooping and a cough duration of > or = 4 weeks than Group 2 or 3 subjects. In contrast Group 2 subjects were more likely than Group 1 subjects to have had previous pertussis immunization or prior antibiotics. PCR identified many mild illnesses caused by B. pertussis that were not identified by culture.
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Pertussis caused by an erythromycin-resistant strain of Bordetella pertussis.
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The in vitro growth and serial passage of RA 27/3 rubella vaccine virus in cord blood mononuclear leukocytes from normal babies.
Because of our inability to isolate rubella virus from peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with chronic symptoms after rubella immunization we performed a series of experiments with cord blood mononuclear cells (CBL) to determine whether and to what extent these cells supported the growth of rubella virus in vitro. CBL were stimulated with phytohemagglutinin for 48-72 h, washed, and inoculated with 1000 tissue culture 50% infection dose of rubella virus and placed in RPMI 1640 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum and IL-2. Approximately every 9 d the volume was halved, and new CBL were added. Aliquots at 2- to 9-d intervals were obtained and quantitatively cultured in African green monkey tissue culture. Rubella virus growth was determined by echovirus 11 challenge. Controls consisted of rubella virus in RPMI 1640 medium. Rubella virus persisted in CBL culture longer than in control medium in seven of 11 experiments, and in three instances there was evidence of productive infection.
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A search for persistent measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine virus in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether live measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine viruses persist after immunization of immunocompromised children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. METHODS: Ten children with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection who received measles, mumps, and rubella immunizations were studied. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and plasma were cocultivated with primary African green monkey kidney tissue culture cells for detection of measles, mumps, and rubella viruses. Antibody to measles and mumps was determined by indirect fluorescent antibody and rubella was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Children seronegative to measles were revaccinated. RESULTS: Neither measles, mumps, nor rubella virus was recovered from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, or plasma in these children. No child experienced symptoms thought to be related to the vaccines. Humoral immunity after one or two immunizations was detected in 33% of the children. After vaccination, two of 10 children had IgG to measles; four of 10, to mumps; and four of 10, to rubella. CONCLUSIONS: In spite of an impaired humoral immune response, persistent viremia or infection did not occur after immunization with attenuated measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine viruses. These findings suggest that immunologic response to these viruses was sufficient to prevent persistent infection in these children immunocompromised by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
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Comparative study of Lederle/Takeda acellular and Lederle whole-cell pertussis-component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines in infants in Germany.
In preparation for a large efficacy trial in Germany, a pilot study was initiated in December 1990. In this study 149 infants were enrolled; with double-blind randomization 75 received Lederle/Takeda acellular pertussis component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (APDT) and 74 received Lederle whole-cell pertussis component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP). The mean age at first dose was 3.5 months, and the second and third doses followed at 6-week intervals. Reactions were relatively mild with both vaccines; in general they were less frequent following APDT. The IgG antibody responses to lymphocytosis promoting factor (LPF) and fimbriae-2 were similar in both groups whereas the responses to pertactin and filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) were greater in APDT recipients. DTP recipients had greater responses to tetanus and diphtheria toxoids. When age of first dose was examined (8-12 weeks versus 16-20 weeks), it was found that young age had a suppressive effect on antibody responses in DTP but not APDT recipients to LPF toxoid, pertactin, fimbriae-2, and tetanus and diphtheria toxoids. High values of transplacentally acquired antibody lessened the response to LPF toxoid and tetanus toxoid in DTP recipients and to tetanus toxoid in APDT vaccinees. The IgG immune response to LPF toxoid, FHA and fimbriae-2 was found to be more uniform in APDT recipients than in DTP vaccinees. An IgA antibody response to fimbriae-2 was noted in 13% of DTP recipients but in no APDT vaccinees. The broad immunogenicity and mild reactogenicity of this APDT vaccine justifies its use in the German efficacy trial.
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Epidemiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome in children: relationship of oral polio vaccine administration to occurrence.
Because a cluster of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome followed a mass vaccination program using oral polio vaccine, a retrospective epidemiologic survey was carried out in southern California to examine the relationship between oral polio vaccine and Guillain-Barré syndrome. We also examined the yearly pattern of Guillain-Barré syndrome and compared rates of illness in different ethnic populations. The mean annual incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome was 0.60 (95% confidence intervals 0.48 to 0.73) per 100,000 children under 15 years of age. There was no difference in incidence between boys and girls or between ethnic populations. The incidence was significantly higher in 2-year-old children than in any other age group (p < 0.05). The onset of Guillain-Barré syndrome was preceded by an infection in 71 (76%) of 93 children. In five children (5%) a vaccination was given within 8 weeks before illness onset. Only two children received the oral polio vaccine; the duration from vaccine administration to the onset of Guillain-Barré syndrome was 41 and 52 days, whereas the mean incubation time associated with infectious illnesses was 10.3 days. Strong evidence against a causal relationship between oral polio vaccine administration and Guillain-Barré syndrome is provided by the failure to find a correlation between the usual age of immunization with oral polio vaccine and the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome by age and the failure to find any children with onset of Guillain-Barré syndrome within 1 month of immunization with oral polio vaccine.
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Persistent cytomegalovirus infection of semen increases risk of AIDS.
To evaluate if persistent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of semen in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibody-positive men increases AIDS risk, serial cultures for CMV every 3-6 months were attempted four or more times from 164 men followed 3 years. CMV was never isolated from 58 men, in 1 or 2 samples from 54 (intermittently positive), and in > or = 3 samples from 52 (persistently positive). The Cox model was used to estimate relative hazards while controlling for CD4 cell number. The relative hazard was 2.9 for those intermittently and 4.0 for those persistently positive (P < .001). No Kaposi's sarcoma occurred in culture-negative men, 3 cases (5.6%) in intermittently positive men, and 4 cases (7.7%) in persistently positive men (P < .04). Persistent CMV in semen increases the hazard of AIDS in HIV-1 antibody-positive men, possibly by activating CD4 cells to produce HIV-1. Thus, control of CMV in HIV-1-infected persons may slow progression to AIDS.
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A longitudinal study of cytomegalovirus infection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive homosexual men: molecular epidemiology and association with disease progression.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) isolates from 234 asymptomatic human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1)-positive men were analyzed for molecular relatedness using junctional hybridization. Of isolates shed simultaneously at two or more body sites, 36% from 22 men were different. Of 180 isolates collected from 67 men over 15 months, different strains were isolated serially from 27 men (40%), most from semen. After follow-up of 58 months (mean), the relative hazard of HIV infection progressing to AIDS was 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.9-3.7) for men shedding the same strain of CMV and 3.0 (95% CI, 1.4-6.1) for men shedding different strains compared with men not shedding CMV in semen. The prevalence of CMV-specific IgM was higher in men shedding different versus same CMV strains (32% vs. 18%; P = .244). Thus, presence of multiple CMV strains in HIV-1-positive homosexual men is associated with progression to AIDS, possibly via activation of HIV-1-infected CD4 cells.
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Clinical characteristics of illness caused by Bordetella parapertussis compared with illness caused by Bordetella pertussis.
In conjunction with a pertussis vaccine efficacy trial in Germany, nasopharyngeal specimens were collected from May, 1992, to March, 1993, from patients with cough illnesses. Clinical data were obtained by initial and follow-up questionnaires. Bordetella parapertussis was isolated from 38 patients (mean age, 3.5 years; 68% girls). Clinical characteristics in these cases were compared with those of 76 patients (matched by age and sex) with illness caused by Bordetella pertussis during the same period. Findings were: (B. pertussis/B. parapertussis): cough > 4 weeks 57%/37% (P = 0.06); whoop 80%/59% (P = 0.07); whoop > 2 weeks 26%/18% (P = 0.05); paroxysms 90%/83% (P = 0.5); body temperature > or = 38 degrees C 9%/0% (P = 0.17); vomiting 47%/42% (P = 0.69); and mean leukocyte and lymphocyte counts 12,500/mm3 and 7600/mm3 (P < 0.0001) and 7800/mm3 and 3500/mm3 (P < 0.0001), respectively. Illness caused by B. parapertussis was typical of pertussis but less severe than that caused by B. pertussis. In contrast with B. pertussis infection, lymphocytosis is not a characteristic of B. parapertussis infection. This is most likely a result of the lack of production of lymphocytosis-promoting factor toxin by B. parapertussis.
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Pertussis immunization and characteristics related to first seizures in infants and children.
In a previous study in which we examined the relationship of pertussis immunization to the onset of neurologic disorders during 1967 and 1968 and during 1972 and 1973 in Denmark, there were 554 children with initial onset of epilepsy and 2158 children with first febrile convulsions. In the study population there were 112 children with epilepsy and 229 children with febrile convulsions for whom the exact date of pertussis immunization and the exact date of the onset of illness were known. We analyzed selected clinical variables by specific time intervals between pertussis immunization and the first seizure. In the children with epilepsy, no relationship was found between time of pertussis immunization and the specific variables that were examined. In contrast, the following characteristics in children with febrile seizures were significantly more common when pertussis immunization had occurred within 3 days, compared with more than 7 days of the event: first seizure more than 10 minutes in duration, the occurrence of more than one seizure, the longest seizure (when there was more than one) more than 10 minutes in duration, and the occurrence of a seizure described as focal. The lack of specific characteristics in epilepsy that had its onset in a temporal relationship to pertussis immunization is further evidence that pertussis vaccine does not cause this disorder. The cause of increased severity of febrile seizures apparently associated with pertussis immunization is unknown.
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Contemporary infectious exanthems.
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Anemia and mucocutaneous lesions due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.
Exanthem is common in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Occasionally this exanthem is severe (Stevens-Johnson syndrome), and usually it occurs in association with pneumonia. Hemolytic anemia, which also usually occurs in association with pneumonia, is a rare but severe manifestation of M. pneumoniae infection. The association of exanthem and pneumonia or of hemolytic anemia and pneumonia should suggest the diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection, and an appropriate work-up should be carried out.
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Acellular pertussis vaccines--a solution to the pertussis problem.
Available data relating to pertussis and pertussis immunization are frequently overlooked or misinterpreted. Mortality due to pertussis is underreported. Most whole cell pertussis vaccines are effective; there is no evidence that pertussis vaccines cause brain damage. Moreover, acellular pertussis vaccines have been used successfully in Japan since 1981. Third-generation, genetically derived acellular pertussis vaccines have been developed, but knowledge of antigens and concentrations required has not kept pace with vaccine technology. There is substantial evidence that pertussis is not a single lymphocytosis-promoting factor (LPF) toxin disease. Pertussis vaccine efficacy studies suggest that monocomponent LPF toxoid or biocomponent LPF toxoid/filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) vaccines are not as effective as vaccines that contain pertactin and fimbrial antigens as well as LPF toxoid and FHA. Future programs with multicomponent acellular vaccines and universal childhood immunization followed by booster doses in adults will effectively curtail disease incidence and the circulation of Bordetella pertussis.
Bordetella pertussis↗