Volume 26, Issue 4 pp. 481-482

The Predilection of Chickenpox Exanthema to Influenza Vaccine Injection Site

MOSHE BEN-SHOSHAN M.D.

MOSHE BEN-SHOSHAN M.D.

Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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CHRISTINE LEJTENYI M.D.

CHRISTINE LEJTENYI M.D.

Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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MARIE-NOËL PRIMEAU M.D.

MARIE-NOËL PRIMEAU M.D.

Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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First published: 03 August 2009
Citations: 1
Address correspondence to Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, 418 Claremont app 57, Montreal, H3Y 2N2, QC, Canada, or e-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

Abstract:  Annual influenza immunization of children is highly recommended and is usually well tolerated. We report the first case of chickenpox exanthema localized to the influenza vaccination site in a boy with known egg allergy.

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