Effect of pertussis vaccination on clinical manifestations of infants and young children with pertussis
TANG Qi-Qin, GAN Chuan, WU Xiao-Ying, XU Hong-Mei, ZHANG Zhen-Zhen
Department of Infection, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University/Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders/National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders(Chongqing)/China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
Abstract：Objective To study the effect of pertussis vaccination on the clinical manifestations of infants and young children with pertussis. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed to investigate the differences in clinical manifestations and peripheral blood cell levels between pertussis children with different pertussis vaccination status. Results A total of 1 083 children with pertussisat at age of <3 years were enrolled, with 551 children in the unvaccinated group and 532 in the vaccinated group. Of all the children, 392 had an age of onset of < 3 months (372 were unvaccinated and 20 were vaccinated) and 691 children had an age of onset of ≥ 3 months (179 were unvaccinated and 512 were vaccinated). Compared with the vaccinated group, the unvaccinated group had a longer length of hospital stay and a higher incidence rate of respiratory failure (P < 0.05). Among the children ≥ 3 months of age, the incidence of severe pneumonia in the unvaccinated group was higher than that in the vaccinated group (P < 0.05), and the incidence of severe pneumonia was the highest in the unvaccinated group (10.6%) and the lowest in the 4-dose vaccination group (1.2%). Among the 101 patients with severe pneumonia, 80 (79.2%) were observed in the unvaccinated group and only 21 (20.8%) in the four different doses vaccination groups. For the children with an age of onset of ≥ 3 months, the unvaccinated group had higher white blood cell count, absolute value of lymphocytes, and platelet count than the vaccinated group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Pertussis vaccination can reduce the incidence of severe pneumonia and respiratory failure and alleviate the severity of respiratory complications in infants and young children with pertussis.
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