Ataxia-telangiectasia in a child with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis.

Pohl, K R; Farley, J D; Jan, J E; Junker, A K · J Pediatr · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Vaccine-acquired poliomyelitis developed in a nonimmunized 10-month-old boy. At age 4 years, ataxia-telangiectasia was recognized. We conclude that the occurrence of vaccine-related poliomyelitis warrants a detailed assessment of immunity, and that, in patients with ataxia-telangiectasia, the use of live vaccines may be hazardous, even in those with apparently normal immunity.

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