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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...
Autores principales: | Kelley, James, Tristram, Debra, Yamada, Masaki, Grose, Charles |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Williams & Wilkins
2015
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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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