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dc.contributor.author | Álvarez, Josep | - |
dc.contributor.author | Godoy i García, Pere | - |
dc.contributor.author | Plans Rubio, Pedro | - |
dc.contributor.author | Camps, Neus | - |
dc.contributor.author | Carol, Mónica | - |
dc.contributor.author | Carmona i Parcerisa, Glòria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Solano, Rubén | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rius, Cristina | - |
dc.contributor.author | Minguell, Sofía | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barrabeig i Fabregat, Irene | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sala Farré, Maria Rosa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez, Raquel | - |
dc.contributor.author | Garcia Cenoz, Manuel | - |
dc.contributor.author | Muñoz Almagro, Carmen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Domínguez García, Àngela | - |
dc.contributor.author | Transmission of Pertussis in Households Working Group | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-09T16:13:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-09T16:13:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-01 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/194952 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We retrospectively assessed the effectiveness of azithromycin in preventing transmission of pertussis to a patient's household contacts. We also considered the duration between symptom onset in the primary patient and azithromycin administration. We categorized contacts into 4 groups: those treated within <7 days, 8-14 days, 15-21 days, and >21 days after illness onset in the primary patient. We studied 476 primary index patients and their 1,975 household contacts, of whom 4.5% were later identified as having pertussis. When contacts started chemoprophylaxis within <21 days after the primary patient's symptom onset, the treatment was 43.9% effective. Chemoprophylaxis started >14 days after primary patient's symptom onset was less effective. We recommend that contacts of persons with pertussis begin chemoprophylaxis within <14 days after primary patient's symptom onset. | - |
dc.format.extent | 7 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | - |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.181418 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, vol. 26, num. 11, p. 2678-2684 | - |
dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.181418 | - |
dc.rights | Domini públic / Public domain | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
dc.source | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Tos ferina | - |
dc.subject.classification | Terapèutica | - |
dc.subject.other | Whooping cough | - |
dc.subject.other | Therapeutics | - |
dc.title | Azithromycin to Prevent Pertussis in Household Contacts, Catalonia and Navarre, Spain, 2012-2013 | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | - |
dc.identifier.idgrec | 705180 | - |
dc.date.updated | 2023-03-09T16:13:47Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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