Fatal Rabies Encephalitis Despite Post-Exposure Vaccination in a Diabetic Patient : A Need for Use of Rabies Immune Globulin in All Post-Exposure Cases

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 546-547

  Deshmukh, R A ^a   Yemul, V L ^a  

^a Haffkine Institute for Training Research and Testing India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOG; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 0033122913     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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