Pertussis Information for Health Professionals

On this page:
Clinical features and epidemiology
Reporting
Vaccine information
ACIP recommendations and MMWR reports

• Managing Pertussis: Think, Test, Treat & Stop Transmission
  Fact sheet for health professionals on when to think of pertussis, how to test for pertussis, how to treat and report suspected and confirmed cases, and stop transmission.

Clinical features and epidemiology

• Pertussis Clinical Information
  Basic information on pertussis for health professionals, including epidemiology, communicability, and treatment of cases and contacts.
• Pertussis Laboratory Testing
  Information on laboratory testing for pertussis including recommended type of diagnostic test based on timing.
• Pertussis in Schools
  Fact sheet for school health personnel on pertussis in school age children.
• Pertussis: School and Activities Exclusion Recommendations (PDF)
  Chart for health care providers and school health personnel with recommendations on school and activities exclusion during a pertussis outbreak.
• Pertussis Treatment and Prophylaxis
  Antimicrobial regimens recommended for both treatment of pertussis cases and prophylaxis of contacts.
• Follow-up Recommendations for Pertussis Exposures in the Health Care Setting
  Fact sheet with recommendations for following up with health care workers exposed to a patient infected with pertussis, and following up with patients or staff exposed to a health care worker infected with pertussis.
• CDC: Chapter 16: Pertussis
  Pertussis chapter in the CDC's Pink Book on vaccine-preventable diseases.
• CDC: Clinical Features of Pertussis
  Information on the stages to the clinical course, clinical presentation and complications. Warning: Graphic medical images.

Reporting

• Reporting Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis)
  All cases of Pertussis must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health. Find out what needs to be reported, who needs to report diseases, which forms to use and where to find out more about the disease.

Vaccine information

• Vaccine Product Information and VISs

  Generic name	Manufacturer	Prescribing information	VISs
  Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP)	Sanofi Pasteur	DAPTACEL	CDC: DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine VIS
  	GlaxoSmithKline	Infanrix
  Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP-IPV)	GlaxoSmithKline	Kinrix	CDC: Multi Pediatric Vaccine (Interim) VIS
  	Sanofi Pasteur	Pentacel
  Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis; inactivated polio; and hepatitis B (DTaP-IPV-Hep B)	GlaxoSmithKline	Pediarix
  Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap)	GlaxoSmithKline	Boostrix	CDC: Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) Vaccine VIS
  	Sanofi Pasteur	Adacel

• CDC: Diphtheria Vaccine Recommendations
  Summary of vaccination recommendations from CDC.
• Immunize.org: Ask the Experts: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
  Experts from the CDC answer challenging questions about vaccines and their administration.

ACIP recommendations and MMWR reports

• CDC: ACIP Recommendations: Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTaP/Tdap/Td) Vaccines
  Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).