Pertussis ========= þ Clinical Features of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) - only 44% have a typical "whoop" (single stridorous inspiration after coughing episode) - commonest finding in those under age 6 months was periodic apnea. [Gordon M. Clinical and microbiological features of children presenting with pertussis to a Canadian pediatric hospital during an eleven year period. Pediatr Infect Dis Journal 1994;13:617-622.]