Clinical and laboratory characteristics of critical Bordetella pertussis in hospitalized infants in the Southwest region of Saudi Arabia
Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Norah Alshehri, Ibrahim AlHelali, Ibrahim Al-Benhassan, Ahmed Alhijab Alhazmi, Khalid S. AlShehri, Abdullah Baoqbah, Ghada Haider, Syed Esam Mahmood, Ausaf Ahmad, Tarig HamadKing Khalid University College of Medicine. Aseer Health Cluster. Kalyan Singh Government Medical College. Saudi Arabia and India Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2026; 14: DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1881833 AbstractBackground: Critical pertussis remains a critical
