Journal article
Failure of a Single Varicella Vaccination to Protect Children With Cancer From Life-Threatening Breakthrough Varicella
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, Vol.34(9), pp.1027-1029
09/2015
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000737
PMCID: PMC4532322
PMID: 25955833
Abstract
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 children with 1 varicella vaccination may warrant the same varicella prophylaxis as immunocompromised children who have never been vaccinated.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Failure of a Single Varicella Vaccination to Protect Children With Cancer From Life-Threatening Breakthrough Varicella
- Creators
- James Kelley - From theDebra Tristram - From theMasaki Yamada - From theCharles Grose - From the
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Pediatric infectious disease journal, Vol.34(9), pp.1027-1029
- DOI
- 10.1097/INF.0000000000000737
- PMID
- 25955833
- PMCID
- PMC4532322
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatr Infect Dis J
- ISSN
- 0891-3668
- eISSN
- 1532-0987
- Publisher
- Williams & Wilkins
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2015
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Infectious Disease (Pediatrics)
- Record Identifier
- 9984093216602771
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