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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages E47-E49Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/596553
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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We report the second case of severe postvaccinial encephalitis with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis since smallpox vaccination was reintroduced in 2002. Both affected patients responded dramatically with early intervention of intravenous immunoglobulin. Our patient, who also received concurrent vaccinia immunoglobulin and corticosteroids, demonstrated full recovery.
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