Tags: ‘Anaphylaxis’

Varicella Zoster (Shingles)

Anaphylaxis after zoster vaccine: Implicating alpha-gal allergy as a possible mechanism. “Gelatin and other nonprimate mammal–derived products are common excipient ingredients in several vaccines, and it has been postulated that patients with alpha-gal allergy might react to these vaccines.” #Anaphylaxis #Food #Allergies #Gelatin #Varicella #Herpes #Zoster #Shingles #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(16)31455-5/fulltext — Chickenpox attributable to a […]

Polio

Abortive and subclinical poliomyelitis in a family during the 1992 epidemic in The Netherlands. “We describe a case of abortive poliomyelitis due to poliovirus type 3 (PV3) in an unvaccinated woman and a subclinical poliovirus infection in her family during an epidemic in the Netherlands. The woman excreted the epidemic strain (PV3) for 7 weeks. […]

Typhoid

Acute renal failure after TAB and cholera vaccination. #Kidney #Vaccine #Typhoid #Cholera #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1597965/ — Lethal complications of typhoid-cholera-vaccination. (Case report and review of the literature). “Simultaneous parenteral vaccination against typhoid and cholera lead to death through either anaphylactic shock or endotoxic shock in a 36-year-old male.” #Death #Typhoid #Cholera #Anaphylaxis #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/985298 — […]

Ophthalmological

Ampiginous choroiditis following quadrivalent human papilloma virus vaccine “A 17-year-old female was referred for new-onset vision loss in both eyes 3 weeks after being vaccinated with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. A standard dose of 0.5 ml was injected intramuscularly into the left deltoid without any resulting skin reaction. Her medical history was significant for depression […]

Immune System

Application of the immunological disease continuum to study autoimmune and other inflammatory events after vaccination. #Autoimmunity #Molecular #Mimicry #Immune #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21036134 — Can influenza H1N1 vaccination lead to the membranous glomerulonephritis? #Kidney #H1N1 #Influenza #Flu #Immune #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22771654/ — A case of Evans’ syndrome following influenza vaccine. “CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old man with […]

Failure

Vaccine failure and vaccine-induced infection: Note: Also see the category shedding — Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance indicators in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2008-2014. “Of the 13,749 AFP cases investigated, 58.9% received at least three doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV), 7.3% never received OPV, while the status of 18.3% was unknown.” #Polio #Paralysis […]

Rhogam

🛑 Clinical Outcomes after Hepatitis C Infection from Contaminated Anti-D Immune Globulin “Twelve batches, constituting 4062 vials, of contaminated or potentially contaminated anti-D immune globulin were in circulation in 1977 through 1979 (the batches had an expiration date of mid-1979).” #Rhogam #Contamination #Error #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199909023411013 — Doctors to face disciplinary action over Irish hepatitis […]

Rubella

Anaphylaxis following single component measles and rubella immunisation. “Anaphylaxis as an adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) is a rare occurrence. We report four cases of anaphylaxis following administration of single component measles or rubella vaccine between January 2003 and June 2007. We estimate that the incidence of anaphylaxis to measles and rubella single component vaccines […]

Hib

🛑 Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines other than pertussis and rubella. Summary of a report from the Institute of Medicine. “The committee found that the evidence favored acceptance of a causal relation between diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome and brachial neuritis, between measles vaccine and anaphylaxis, between oral polio vaccine and Guillain-BarrĂ© […]

Hypotonic-Hyporesponsive Episodes

“A hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode (HHE) is a sudden and unexpected episode of loss of tone, unresponsiveness and colour change which uncommonly affects infants and children after vaccination.” - MS Gold, PubMed Near miss. Also see category, sudden infant death syndrome — Hypotonic and hyporesponsive episodes after diptheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccination. “Administration of the discontinued diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine was occasionally associated with a […]

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