Generalized vaccinia in a child with acute leukemia
Milutinović, S.; Jovanović, N.; Stojimirović, E.
Bilten Za Hematologiju i Transfuziju 6(2): 27-30
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0350-2023 PMID: 289385 Document Number: 136728
The authors present a girl suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, which was diagnosed, after she was given the antivariolic vaccina. The clinical flow was very rapid, and was in the fulminant shape, which was presented in from of generalized vaccinia. Although the adequate therapy was given, according to the protocol for the treatment of ALL(08LA74), the child died on for the eight day of hospitalization. There was the evident immunodeficiency in our patient, and it is know that the vaccina with the alive viruses is contraindicated in the imunodeficietic diseases.