Combined course of severe whooping cough with rhinovirus infection and COVID-19 in an early child

Abstract

Whooping cough does not lose its high importance in infectology. The combination of whooping cough with various viral infections can determine the nature of the disease and the development of complications. Of particular interest in modern conditions are the associations of whooping cough with viral agents, the significance of which has increased due to improved diagnostics in recent years. A clinical case of severe whooping cough in association with COVID-19 and rhinovirus infection in a child aged 1 month is presented. The clinical and laboratory dynamics of the disease and the features of pharmacological therapy are shown.

Keywords

• whooping cough
• covid-19
• rhinovirus
• pneumonia
• cough