Post Vaccine Rubella During a Measles Outbreak: Clinical Case

Acta Médica Portuguesa

António Sarmento¹  Raquel Duro¹  Luísa Graça²  Sara Pereira³ 

[1] Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João. Porto.Unidade de Prevenção e Controlo de Infecção e Resistência aos Antimicrobianos. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João. Porto.;Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João. Porto. 2. Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. Porto.;Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João. Porto.;

关键词: disease outbreaks;    measles;    measles-mumps-rubella vaccine;    rubella;   

DOI  :  10.20344/amp.12670

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Rubella is a vaccine preventable infection, and congenital rubella the most feared complication of this disease. Although young adult women are at greatest risk of post-vaccine rubella, this is also the group who potentially benefits the most from vaccine protection. Since post-vaccine disease has a mild and self-limited course, the benefit clearly exceeds the risk. During a measles outbreak in the north of Portugal, a 38-year-old woman presented with cervical posterior lymphadenopathies, fever and a maculo-papular rash one week after the administration of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Measles was discarded and rubella viremia was demonstrated. Symptoms of rubella are non-specific and laboratory confirmation is essential. This is particularly relevant during a measles outbreak.

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