Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with severe neurological outcomes following virosomal seasonal influenza vaccine

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1969-1973

  Alicino, Cristiano ^a,b   Infante, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Gandoglia, Ilaria ^a,b   Miolo, Nadia ^c   Mancardi, Gian Luigi ^a,b   Zappettini, Simona ^d   Capello, Elisabetta ^a,b   Orsi, Andrea ^a,b   Tamburini, Tiziano ^a,b   Grandis, Marina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Local Public Health Unit of Genoa (ASL 3 Genovese)   (Italy)

^d Regional Health Agency of Liguria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; ADEM; Adverse event; Influenza vaccination; Virosomal vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; STEROID; VIROSOME VACCINE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY; STEROIDS; VACCINES, VIROSOME;

EID: 84908381294     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.28961     Document Type: Article

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