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Treatments for Whooping cough  
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Most cases of whooping cough require no specific treatment. Infants and small children with other conditions such as asthma require constant monitoring which, at least for a while.

	Three macrolides, erythromycin, azithromycin and clarithromycin are used in the U.S. for treatment of Wooping Cough.
	Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is generally used when a macrolide is uneffective or is contraindicated.
	Close contacts who receive appropriate antibiotics (chemoprophylaxis) during the 7–21 day incubation period may be protected from developing symptomatic disease.

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