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Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Following a Meningococcal Vaccine
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Departments of Pediatrics
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* Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Connecticut
We report a 17-year-old girl who developed Henoch-Schonlein purpura 10 days after receiving a meningococcal vaccine (Menomune). To our knowledge, this is the first case report of Henoch-Schonlein purpura temporally associated with the tetravalent serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y meningococcal vaccine administered in the United States.
Key Words: Henoch-Schonlein purpura meningococcus Meningitec vaccine leukocytoclastic vasculitis vasculitis
Abbreviations: HSP, Henoch-Schonlein purpura LCV, leukocytoclastic vasculitis IgA, immunoglobulin A
Received for publication Oct 14, 2002; Accepted Aug 21, 2003.
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