title: Rabies in a Thai child treated with the eight-site post-exposure regimen without rabies immune globulin.
abstract: We report the case of a 7-year-old Thai girl that was bitten by a dog. She received prompt wound care followed by eight-site intradermal post-exposure rabies schedule using purified chick embryo vaccine. Treatment followed WHO recommendations for desperate situations where no rabies immune globulin (RIG) is available. The patient died 15 days later with classical symptoms and signs of encephalitic rabies.
authors.affiliation: Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok, Thailand. chakrapol_s@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chakrapol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sriaroon
authors.forename: Svastijayi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daviratanasilpa
authors.forename: Panuwong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sansomranjai
authors.forename: Pakamatz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khawplod
authors.forename: Thiravat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hemachudha
authors.forename: Thavatchai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khamoltham
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002648:Child; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines