Abstract

Hereby, we report a case of severe multi-lobular pneumococcal pneumonia with gangrene requiring pneumonectomy and accompanying septic shock that developed 1 day after a live-attenuated measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in a 58-year old kindergarten teacher.

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Title
Severe pneumococcal pneumonia following Measles- Mumps- Rubella vaccination / Pneumonie pneumococică severă dezvoltată ca urmare a vaccinării Rujeolă-Oreion-Rubeolă
Author
Gál, Orsolya 1 ; Pletz, Mathias W 2 ; Ianoși, Edith Simona 3 

 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Romania 
 Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany 
 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Str. Gh. Marinescu, Nr. 5 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania 
Pages
337-342
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
18416624
e-ISSN
22845623
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3157533587
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.