TY - JOUR T1 - Pertussis manifesting as recurrent cough and wheezing in an incompletely vaccinated 8-month-old infant JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2017-221562 VL - 2017 SP - bcr-2017-221562 AU - Dimitri Poddighe AU - Marco Giuseppe Nedbal AU - Nunzia Mastricci AU - Paola Bruni Y1 - 2017/10/07 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-221562.abstract N2 - Pertussis is an acute respiratory illness caused by Bordetella pertussis, showing a re-emergence in developed countries. However, it is probably under-recognised and, as a consequence, its burden is underestimated. Here, we report the clinical case of an infant diagnosed with pertussis, despite a regular schedule of vaccination, thanks to a careful clinical evaluation, including personal and family history. In addition to pointing the attention on a precocious diagnosis of atypical cases of pertussis, this case report further raised the issue of modifying and/or implementing the immunisation strategy, considering the ongoing changes of social (eg, immigration) and sanitary (eg, vaccine coverage) background in Italy and all over the Europe. ER -