Tags: ‘Infection’

Pneumococcal

Hypotonic hyporesponsive episode and the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine. “Hypotensive-hyporesponsive episodes are rare events after immunizations performed for diphtheria, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B virus vaccines, but most of the reported episodes have been associated with pertussis-containing vaccines. We report the case of a 3-month-old girl, previously healthy otherwise, presenting with the unusual […]

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 […]

Pneumonia

Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with the Influenza Vaccine: A Report of Two Cases. #Pneumonia #Influenza #Flu #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28090052/ — Mycobacterium bovis lymphadenitis complicating BCG immunization in an infant with symptomatic HIV-1 infection. “A 3-month-old infant with HIV-1 infection who recently immigrated from Ethiopia developed regional lymphadenitis and systemic symptoms subsequent to BCG immunization. She was […]

Meningitis

Aseptic meningitis after transmission of the Leningrad-Zagreb mumps vaccine from vaccinee to susceptible contact. Vukić BT, et al. Vaccine. 2008. No abstract available PMID 18639602 #Recently #Vaccinated #Shedding #Mumps #Meningitis #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18639602/ — Aseptic meningitis after vaccination against measles and mumps. #Meningitis #Mumps #Vaccine #Failure #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2726323/ — Aseptic meningitis as a complication of […]

Meningococcal

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis secondary to serogroup B meningococcal vaccine “•Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is rare in adults. •This is the first published case of ADEM secondary to serogroup B meningococcal vaccine. •Vaccination must be considered in the differential diagnosis of ADEM.” #ADEM #Neurological #Encephalomyelitis #Meningococcal #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27772786/ — Adverse events following quadrivalent meningococcal CRM-conjugate […]