A 19-year old man with IgA vasculitis after vaccination

A 19-year-old patient who mistakenly received two doses of influenza vaccine 10 days before presentation, was admitted with malaise, weakness, and a purpuric non-blanching rash most prominent on the ankles followed by abdominal pain and hematochezia 72 h later. The diagnosis of influenza vaccine-rel...

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Autores principales: Malek, Alexandre, Gomez-Villegas, Sara Isabel, de la Hoz, Alejandro, Nowbakht, Cima, Arias, Cesar A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30389353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2018.09.004
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Sumario:A 19-year-old patient who mistakenly received two doses of influenza vaccine 10 days before presentation, was admitted with malaise, weakness, and a purpuric non-blanching rash most prominent on the ankles followed by abdominal pain and hematochezia 72 h later. The diagnosis of influenza vaccine-related Henoch–Schonlein vasculitis was made. This complication, although rare, is the most common vasculitis related to immunization.

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