Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report

Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Optic nerve is rarely involved after sheep brain anti-rabies vaccination in the form of retrobulbar neuritis or papillitis. Bilateral neuroretinitis after chick embryo cell antirabies vaccination has not been reported.</p>...

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Main Authors: Rai Harminder, Sethi Harinder, Saxena Rohit, Menon Vimla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-08-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/5/20
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spelling doaj-4ad26dae170044fab0330a63b49a7dc62020-11-24T23:28:52ZengBMCBMC Ophthalmology1471-24152005-08-01512010.1186/1471-2415-5-20Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case reportRai HarminderSethi HarinderSaxena RohitMenon Vimla<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Optic nerve is rarely involved after sheep brain anti-rabies vaccination in the form of retrobulbar neuritis or papillitis. Bilateral neuroretinitis after chick embryo cell antirabies vaccination has not been reported.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 56 year old male who developed bilateral neuro-retinitis following three injections of antirabies vaccine prepared from the chick embryo.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The chick embryo cell antirabies vaccine can cause bilateral neuroretinits which has not been reported previously.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/5/20
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Saxena Rohit
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Sethi Harinder
Saxena Rohit
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Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
BMC Ophthalmology
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Sethi Harinder
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title Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
title_short Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
title_full Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
title_fullStr Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
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series BMC Ophthalmology
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publishDate 2005-08-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Optic nerve is rarely involved after sheep brain anti-rabies vaccination in the form of retrobulbar neuritis or papillitis. Bilateral neuroretinitis after chick embryo cell antirabies vaccination has not been reported.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 56 year old male who developed bilateral neuro-retinitis following three injections of antirabies vaccine prepared from the chick embryo.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The chick embryo cell antirabies vaccine can cause bilateral neuroretinits which has not been reported previously.</p>
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