Case report
Severe pneumococcal pneumonia following Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccination
Orsolya Gál, Mathias W Pletz, Edith Simona Ianoși
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.
Keywords: severe pneumococcal pneumonia, Measles- Mumps- Rubella vaccination
Received: 6.3.2016
Accepted: 8.8.2016
Published: 16.8.2016
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