百日咳仍为小儿常见和重要的呼吸道疾病。使用抗菌药物的目的是为了缩短其传染期。虽然红霉素和复方新诺明已用于治疗本病,但已发表的资料不足以供临床医生来评定这两种药物的使用价值。本文研究的目的是比较红霉素与复方新诺明清除鼻咽部百日咳杆菌的能力。作者于1980年4～11月间,对因百日咳 Pertussis is still a common and important respiratory disease in children. The purpose of using antimicrobials is to shorten their duration of infection. Although erythromycin and cotrimoxazole have been used to treat this condition, published information is not sufficient for clinicians to assess the value of these two drugs. The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of erythromycin and cotrimoxazole to clear Bordetella pertussis from nasopharynx. The author in 1980 from April to November, due to whooping cough