What is the cause of a rash after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination?
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 171 (4) , 194-195
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123596.x
Abstract
Surveillance and laboratory confirmation of measles will increase in importance as Australia implements enhanced measles control. We describe a 17-month-old child with fever and rash after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. Detection of vaccine-strain measles virus in his urine by polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis of a vaccine reaction rather than wild-type measles. We propose that measles virus should be sought and identified as vaccine or wild-type virus when the relationship between vaccination and measles-like illness is uncertain.Keywords
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