Fulminant hepatitis and multisystem organ failure following yellow fever vaccination: Description of a fatal case

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-424

  Conghaile, S O ^a   Alsharbaty, M J ^a   McDermott, S R ^a   Conlon, P J ^a   Royston, M D ^a   Dwyer, R C ^a  

^a NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; VACCINATION REACTION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE ASSOCIATED VISCEROTROPIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; VACCINATION;

AGED; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

EID: 84902539246     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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