Bilateral neuro-retinitis following chick embryo cell anti-rabies vaccination – a case report
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMC Ophthalmology
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005