A fatal pneumococcal infection in a vaccinated 9-year-old child with sickle cell disease.
A fatal case of pneumococcal septicaemia and meningitis is described in a vaccinated nine-year-old Saudi child with sickle cell disease. Non-compliance to prophylactic penicillin might have been the cause of its fatal illness.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D010406:Penicillins; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines