EEaka Ελληνική Εταιρία Αλλεργιολογίας και Κλινικής Ανοσιολογίας
Πρόσφατα ένας καλός συνάδελφος διέγνωσε κλινικά κοκκύτη σε μία οικογένεια τα μέλη της οποίας παραπέμφθηκαν για αλλεργιολογική διερεύνηση με το ασαφές ερώτημα του «αλλεργικού βήχα».
Δεν γνωρίζω πόσοι από εσάς μπορείτε να αναγνωρίσετε κλινικά τον βήχα του κοκκύτη.
Από τον παρακάτω διαδικτυακό σύνδεσμο μπορείτε να εμπλουτίσετε την κλινική σας εμπειρία σχετικά με τον τυπικό κλινικά κοκκυτοειδή βήχα :
Man with Characteristic “Whooping” Cough.
A 64-year-old man was admitted to the medical service with a presumed asthma exacerbation.
His symptoms had worsened during the preceding 3 weeks despite treatment with oral glucocorticoids, leading him to present to the emergency department multiple times with a progressive cough. He also reporting having associated chest tightness and difficulty eating and sleeping, without any post-tussive emesis. Shortly after his admission, the medical team heard a characteristic “whooping” cough (see video). He was given azithromycin, and samples were obtained for serologic testing and for nasopharyngeal culture of Bordetella pertussis. The patient’s cough abated and his respiratory status improved during the next 5 days. Approximately 1 week after discharge, test results were returned that were positive for B. pertussis. Further questioning revealed that the patient had never been vaccinated against pertussis. He received a diphtheria–tetanus–acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine approximately 1 month after discharge.
Renee K. Rutledge, M.D.
Erica C. Keen, M.D., Ph.D.
Newton–Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA
Πηγή : The New England Journal of Medicine, June 21, 2012