百日咳在瑞典已绝迹了十年之久,但在七十年代,本病在该国又复出现,且发生于各年龄组。在哥通堡三年中经培养证实鉴定为百日咳的成人174例,大多数病例具有典型的百日咳发作症状并常有呕吐,本病持续甚久,但少有并发症。医师们应提高警惕,成人可以发生百日咳,由于成人是对小儿传播之重要来源,而在卡他期给予红霉素治疗,可以抑制其临床经过。 Pertussis has been extinct in Sweden for ten years, but in the seventies the disease reappeared in the country and occurred in all age groups. In the three years at Fort Bordeaux, 174 adults were confirmed as whooping coughs. Most of the cases had typical onset of whooping cough and vomiting. The disease lasts long, but with few complications. Physicians should be vigilant that whooping cough can occur in adults and that adult erythromycin is given as an important source of transmission in children and inhibits its clinical course.