Response: Re: Clinical Diagnosis of Bordetella Pertussis Infection: A Systematic Review

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To the Editor: We thank Dr. Poddighi for his thoughtful commentary on our article regarding the clinical diagnosis of pertussis.1 We fully agree that the overall clinical impression, sometimes called “clinical gestalt,” is a vital diagnostic tool for many conditions. In fact, we are in the process of performing a systematic review of clinical gestalt for the diagnosis of a range of respiratory infections; we hope that study will shed more light on its accuracy.