Lung Changes in Pertussis and Measles in Childhood

Abstract

The radiographic chest findings in 1894 cases of pertussis and measles in children over the period 1948–1955 have been reviewed. A total of 346 children who showed radiological chest changes on discharge from hospital were followed up, and of these 87 still showed residual changes. The relative rarity of permanent pulmonary pathology is stressed, and the evenness of its distribution between the two diseases is noted.