Unilateral total deafness as a complication of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination.
A 7 year old girl developed unilateral total loss of hearing 13 days following MMR vaccination. The live, attenuated mumps-virus component in the virivac vaccine is suspected to be the cause of the injury.
Nabe-Nielsen
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Audiological Department, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
Walter
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D002648:Child; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine