What is the cause of a rash after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination?
Surveillance and laboratory confirmation of measles will increase in importance as Australia implements enhanced measles control. We describe a 17-month-old child with fever and rash after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. Detection of vaccine-strain measles virus in his urine by polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis of a vaccine reaction rather than wild-type measles. We propose that measles virus should be sought and identified as vaccine or wild-type virus when the relationship between vaccination and measles-like illness is uncertain.
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Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North West Health Care Network, Melbourne, VIC.
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Kelly
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Lynch
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Catton
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D008458:Measles Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine