Disseminated vaccine strain varicella as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness in a previously undiagnosed child

Authors
Kramer, JM LaRussa, P Tsai, WC Carney, P Leber, SM Gahagan, S Steinberg, S Blackwood, RA
Citation
Jm. Kramer et al., Disseminated vaccine strain varicella as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness in a previously undiagnosed child, PEDIATRICS, 108(2), 2001, pp. NIL_136-NIL_139
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00314005 → ACNP
Volume
108
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
NIL_136 - NIL_139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(200108)108:2<NIL_136:DVSVAT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration licensed a live-virus varicella vaccine (V arivax; Merck & Co Inc, West Point, PA) in March 1995. Prelicensure adverse events were minimal; however, since licensure and increased vaccine use, r are previously undetected risks have arisen. Presented here is the clinical course of a previously undiagnosed, human immunodeficiency virus-infected boy who developed dissemination of the vaccine strain of varicella zoster a fter immunization.