Abstract
Live pentavalent human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine is recommended in the United States for routine immunization of infants. We describe three infants, two with failure to thrive, who had dehydration and diarrhea within 1 month after their first or second rotavirus immunization and subsequently received a diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency. Rotavirus was detected, by means of reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assay, in stool specimens obtained from all three infants, and gene-sequence analysis revealed the presence of vaccine rotavirus. These infections raise concerns regarding the safety of rotavirus vaccine in severely immunocompromised patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 314-319 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 362 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 28 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)