Bacillus Calmette-Guérin reactivation as a sign of incomplete Kawasaki disease. “An early and specific clinical sign, not included in the classical diagnosis criteria, but that can be very useful in the diagnosis of KD, is the reaction at the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) inoculation site. We describe a case of a 4-month-old boy, fully immunised, whose […]
Borderline tuberculoid leprosy following BCG vaccination. A case report. “Borderline tuberculoid leprosy was diagnosed clinically and histologically in a four year-old boy about 6 months after intradermal vaccination with BCG. His mother reported that a lesion began to appear above the vaccination site on the arm 2 weeks after the vaccination, and a second lesion […]
Adverse events following vaccination in premature infants. “Apparent adverse events were noted in 17 of 45 (37.8%) babies: 9 (20%) had major events, i.e. apnoea, bradycardia or desaturations, and 8 (17.8%) had minor events, i.e. increased oxygen requirements, temperature instability, poor handling and feed intolerance. Babies with major events were significantly younger (p < 0.05), […]
Herpes zoster — 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 […]
Aplastic anemia following varicella vaccine. #Anemia #Varicella #Chickenpox #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19633522/ — Characteristics and viral propagation properties of a new human diploid cell line, Walvax-2, and its suitability as a candidate cell substrate for vaccine production. “We have developed a new HDCS, Walvax-2, which we derived from the lung tissue of a 3-month-old fetus.” #Human […]
Tuberculosis II: the failure of the BCG vaccine. “Despite the questioning of its innocuousness and efficacy, the BCG vaccine was imposed worldwide in 1950 by medical and political organizations that showed no concern for these questions.” #Vaccine #Failure #BCG #Corruption #Tuberculosis #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10499822 — Tuberculosis in Newborns: The Lessons of the “Lübeck Disaster” (1929-1933). Fox […]
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 — […]
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 […]
