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Criteria for confirming the diagnosis of pertussis in adolescents and adults with a prolonged cough.
| Positive for pertussis |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | (%) | 95% CI | |
| Criteria for confirmation | |||
| Culture | 1/10 | 10% | 0.25–44.5% |
| Real-time PCR | 7/10 | 70% | 34.7–93.3% |
| Epidemiological linkage | 3/10 | 30% | 6.7–65.2% |
