I.V. NIKOLAEVA¹, V.А. ANOKHIN¹, G.S. SHAIKHIEVA¹, A.Kh. SHAYDULLINA², D.S. SHAGIAKHMETOVA³

¹Kazan State Medical University, Kazan

²Republican Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Kazan

³Children’s Republic Clinical Hospital of the MH of RT, Kazan

 Nikolaeva I.V. – MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases

Address: 49 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012, tel. +7-900-326-03-48, e-mail: IrinaNicolaeva@mail.ru 

The article describes a rare case of whooping cough complicated by encephalitis in an unvaccinated infant, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain.

Key words: whooping cough, children, encephalitis, encephalopathy.

(For citation: Nikolaeva I.V., Anokhin V.А., Shaikhieva G.S., Shaydullina A.Kh., Shagiakhmetova D.S. Rare case of whooping cough encephalitis in an unvaccinated child. Practical medicine. 2019. Vol. 17 №8, P. 133-135)

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