一个罕见的毒性肌肉炎病例与流感疫苗接种有关
Sadia Aslam1, Omair Khan1, Joseph Mehrabi1
1Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
概括
一个罕见的肌肉炎症病例,一种炎症性肌肉疾病,发生在接受流感疫苗后的一名老年男性身上. 及时的类固醇治疗导致了完全康复,强调了持续接种疫苗的重要性.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 神经学 神经学
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,流感疫苗被广泛使用,其安全性记录很好.
- 疫苗接种后的罕见严重不良事件在医学文献中得到了记录.
- 了解疫苗安全性对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
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