Epidemiol Health.  2010;32:e2010002.

A Fatal Case of Disseminated Tuberculosis Coincident with Measles-Rubella Vaccination

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. hkcheong@skku.edu
  • 2Center for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Daejeon, Korea.
  • 5Public Health, Social Welfare, and Women's Affairs Department, Daegu, Korea.
  • 6Department of Pathology, Kyungpook University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
  • 7Department of Pathology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.

Abstract

The authors report a fatal case of disseminated tuberculosis in a 14-yr-old girl, which developed immediately after a measles-rubella (MR) vaccination. Despite a markedly accelerated clinical course which led to death within two weeks, the authors could not identify any possible cause of the tuberculosis aggravation in this case, with the exception of the MR vaccination. The possible role that MR vaccination had on the clinical course of tuberculosis in this case is discussed.

Keyword

Measles; Vaccination; Tuberculosis; Adverse effects

MeSH Terms

Measles
Tuberculosis
Vaccination
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