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Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination--a case report
Rohit Saxena1, Harinder Singh Sethi, Harminder Kumar Rai
1Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. rohitsaxena80@hotmail.com
Background:
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.
Case Presentation:
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.
Conclusion:
The chick embryo cell antirabies vaccine can cause bilateral neuroretinits which has not been reported previously.

