Vaccine-derived varicella zoster infection in a kidney transplant recipient after zoster vaccine live administration
Por:
Ortiz-Brizuela E., Leal-Vega F., Cuellar-Rodríguez J., Bobadilla-del-Valle M., Ponce-de-León A.
Publicada:
1 ene 2019
Resumen:
A 49-year-old kidney transplant recipient, presented with a skin rash, and interstitial infiltrates three weeks after receiving a live attenuated varicella-zoster vaccine. Varicella-zoster Oka-vaccine strain was detected in plasma by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing analysis targeting open reading frame 62 (ORF 62). She was treated successfully with intravenous acyclovir. Our case report supports the current contraindication of live attenuated varicella-zoster vaccine in the solid-organ transplant recipients. Recombinant subunit varicella-zoster vaccine may be the vaccine of choice in these patients; nevertheless, further information is required to establish its safety, efficacy, and optimal timing. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Filiaciones:
Ortiz-Brizuela E.:
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga, No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Leal-Vega F.:
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga, No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Cuellar-Rodríguez J.:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Bobadilla-del-Valle M.:
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga, No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Ponce-de-León A.:
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga, No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco, de, Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario, Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
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