Peripheral Neuropathy Following Fetal Bovine Cell Rabies Vaccine

Vaccination recommendations for adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

“…An increase in GBS cases after influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccination was reported (around 1 excess case in 1 million vaccinated doses) and an association with the vaccine has not been ruled out [26,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]. An increase of Guillain Barré syndrome was also reported in patients having received brain-derived rabies vaccine, which is not in use in Europe [61,62]. An association between mumps/measles/rubella (MMR) vaccine and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was also reported (around 1 case per 22,300-50,000 doses) [63][64][65], although a second MMR dose was not associated with an increased risk of ITP [66,67].…”

Rabies Encephalitis and its Prophylaxis

“…Case reports of neurological illness following human diploid cell rabies vaccine describe either a Guillian-Barré-like syndrome (Bøe & Nyland 1980;Bernard et al 1982;Knittel et al 1989), a relapsing mild hemiplegia (Tornatore & Richert 1990), or three patients with symptoms restricted to an arm, possibly the injection site (Gardner & Pattison 1983) (one followed a fetal bovine kidney cell vaccine, now no longer produced) (Courrier et al 1986). The incidence of neurological disease after these rabies vaccines is no more than after other commonly used vaccines.…”