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Arch Dis Child 2000 Volume 83 No 2
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This month we have a mouth watering menu. Our
antipodean hors d'oeuvre deals with children who have had a previous
adverse reaction to a vaccine. In a previous issue, we provided
reasoned advice on the safety of MMR in children with real or presumed egg allergy.1 Oddly, the BMJ
offered more cautious and perhaps less practical advice the following
week2; unhappily the Lancet had
already published a distinctly below the belt assault on this essentially safe vaccine.3 Despite the bad press, most
paediatricians consider the frequency of problems with vaccines grossly
exaggerated. Thus, we are pleased to provide some balance with details
of a South Australian clinic offering advice and immunisation to
children who have had a previous adverse event (page 128). Ninety
percent were successfully revaccinated, even after reactions such as
hypotonia-hyporesponsiveness, or fever and screaming. Only 14 of the
421 revaccinees suffered a significant
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