Failure of the Milwaukee protocol in a child with rabies.

Aramburo, Angela; Willoughby, Rodney E; Bollen, Andrew W; Glaser, Carol A; Hsieh, Charlotte J; Davis, Suzanne L; Martin, Kenneth W; Roy-Burman, Arup · Clin Infect Dis · 2011

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Rabies has the highest case-fatality rate of all infectious diseases, with 50,000 cases occurring annually worldwide. In 2004 an unvaccinated adolescent survived after novel therapy. We report the management of a child with rabies. Although the implementation of this same therapeutic protocol was successful, the child died after 1 month of hospitalization.

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