Post vaccination myelitis in a young woman following administration of rabies chick embryo cell vaccine – a case report

Autor: Shapur Ikhtaire, M A Faiz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: IMC Journal of Medical Science, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 76-77 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2519-1721
2519-1586
Popis: A case of post-vaccination myelitis following administration of chick embryo cell rabies vaccine in a 20 year-old young lady is described. The case presented with paraplegia five days after receiving the third dose (on 12th day) of the vaccine for rabies. Myelitis was confirmed by signal changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She improved considerably on steroids treatment. This is the first case of myelitis following rabies chick embryo cell vaccination in Bangladesh. Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2012; 6(2): 76-77
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