Table 2.
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adolescents and adults with a prolonged cough and diagnosed with pertussis.
| Cases | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Sex | F | F | F | M | M | F | F | M | F | M |
| Age (years) | 28 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 29 | 34 | 24 |
| Days with cough | 18 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 |
| Paroxysm | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Whoop | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Cyanosis | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |
| Apnea | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Post-tussive vomiting | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − |
| Vaccinationa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
F: female; M: male.
a
Vaccination: 1 – complete vaccination (4 doses DTP); 2 – incomplete vaccination (minor than 3 doses DTP); 3 – unknown.