Whooping cough is treated by macrolides, for example erythromycin. The therapy is most effective when started during the incubation period or the catarrhal period. When applied during the paroxysmal cough phase, the time of reconvalescence is not affected, only further transmission is prevented.
Bordetella pertussis
Haemophilus influenzae
Bacillus anthracis
Rhodococcus equi
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Neisseria meningitidis
Legionella
Bordetella bronchiseptica