Failure of a Single Varicella Vaccination to Protect Children With Cancer From Life-Threatening Breakthrough Varicella

We report 2 children with life-threatening breakthrough varicella. Both had received 1 varicella vaccination before onset of cancer. Despite treatment with intravenous acyclovir, 1 child died of disseminated varicella. Because similar fatal cases have been reported, high-risk immunocompromised child...

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Autores principales: Kelley, James, Tristram, Debra, Yamada, Masaki, Grose, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Williams & Wilkins 2015
Materias:
Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25955833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000737

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25955833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000737

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