An infant who suffered seizures many times after pentavalent vaccination: A case report

Although rare, serious adverse effects may be seen after vaccination. Especially, the whole-cell pertussis vaccine has been held responsible for neurological side effects, as the most important problem in vaccination. With the advancement in vaccination technologies, whole-cell pertussis vaccine has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nergiz, Meryem Erat, Yetisgin, Hande, Aydin, Alperen, Bayhan, Gulsum Iclal, Kurt, Aysegul Nese Citak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32478306
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2019.50375
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Sumario:Although rare, serious adverse effects may be seen after vaccination. Especially, the whole-cell pertussis vaccine has been held responsible for neurological side effects, as the most important problem in vaccination. With the advancement in vaccination technologies, whole-cell pertussis vaccine has been replaced by acellular pertussis vaccine, and neurological side effects have been significantly reduced. Herein, we present a 2-month-old male infant who suffered from generalized tonic-clonic seizures many times, possibly due to acellular pertussis after pentavalent vaccination, including diphtheria, acellular pertussis, tetanus, inactive polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, and conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (BCG, DaBT-IPA-Hib, CPV).

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