Case Report: Plastic bronchitis temporally associated with bordetella pertussis infection in a vaccinated child
Haiting Lin, Mingfei Zhong, Yuan Tu, Yueyuan Li · 2026
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Airway casts linked to whooping cough bacteria in a vaccinated child are reported by Haiting Lin and colleagues in a 2026 case report. The 6-year-old boy had 4 days of cough and fever without the classic whoop, and scans showed a collapsed right middle lobe with inflammation in both lungs.
Antibiotics improved symptoms but not the collapse, so bronchoscopy found and removed obstructive casts of plastic bronchitis. Lavage fluid identified Bordetella pertussis and Rhinovirus A with high confidence. Targeted therapy plus cast removal fully re-expanded the lung, with no recurrence over 6 months. Vaccination, the case shows, does not erase pertussis from the differential.
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| CREATOR | Haiting Lin, Mingfei Zhong, Yuan Tu, Yueyuan Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21520 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |