Abstract
Pertussis or whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease that still remains a serious infection in neonates and young infants. The disease is particularly severe in infants less than three months old, who are often infected by their parents. Congenital nephrotic syndrome is a rare entity presenting within the first three months. It encompasses a heterogeneous group of entities with genetic, infectious and idiopathic etiologies. In this report we describe a newborn infant who presented with congenital nephrotic syndrome secondary to Bordetella pertussis infection.
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Kaynak-Türkmen M, Cengiz-Erdem F, Sönmez F, Girişgen İ, Telli M, Berdeli A. A newborn with pertussis accompanying nephrotic syndrome. Turk J Pediatr 2014; 56: 665-668.