Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis due to neural antirabies vaccine.
Rabies is highly endemic in India and seen with dog bites from rabid dogs. In India, nervous tissue vaccine is commonly used as it is inexpensive and freely available despite frequent neurological complications. Neurological complications seen with traditional vaccine are morbid and the medical community should switch over to the cell culture rabies vaccine in spite of the expense to prevent these complications with rabies vaccine.
Shah
Ira
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Department of Pediatrics, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India. irashah@pediatriconcall.com
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D011239:Prednisolone