title: Failure of the Milwaukee protocol in a child with rabies.
abstract: Rabies has the highest case-fatality rate of all infectious diseases, with 50,000 cases occurring annually worldwide. In 2004 an unvaccinated adolescent survived after novel therapy. We report the management of a child with rabies. Although the implementation of this same therapeutic protocol was successful, the child died after 1 month of hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, California 94609, USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aramburo
authors.forename: Rodney E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Willoughby
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: Charlotte J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Arup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy-Burman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011818:Rabies / Q000628:therapy*; D017211:Treatment Failure