Round Table Discussion
| Autor: | Wallace Sako |
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| Rok vydání: | 1948 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 2:722-730 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.2.6.722 |
| Popis: | Four monthly doses of an alum-precipitated mixture of diphtheria toxoid and H. pertussis vaccine administered after the third or fourth month of life should confer immunity to diphtheria and pertussis. Three monthly or bimonthly doses of an alum-precipitated "triple" mixture of diphtheria toxoid, H. pertussis vaccine, and tetanus toxoid administered after the sixth month of life should confer immunity to diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. Alternate gluteal regions are the sites of choice for alum-precipitated antigens in children under three years. When performed three months or more after the final dose of mixed alum-precipitated antigens the positive pertussis agglutinogen skin test and the negative Schick test for diphtheria were adequate evidence of immunity. Before a previously immunized child attends kindergarten or school, one stimulating dose of alum-precipitated mixed antigen is recommended. Probable exposure to a disease of a previously immunized child warrants very prompt administration of one stimulating dose of the respective fluid antigen. |
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