Breakthrough varicella in a cancer patient with persistent varicella antibody after one varicella vaccination.

Yamada, Masaki; Kamberos, Natalie; Grose, Charles · J Pediatr · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A boy with Hodgkin disease contracted breakthrough varicella from his father, who had chickenpox. The boy had received a single varicella vaccination and was seropositive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before being diagnosed with breakthrough varicella. Seropositivity after a single varicella vaccination does not guarantee complete protection in an immunocompromised child.

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