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Case Reports
. 1995 Dec;71(842):745-6.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.842.745.

Bacterial meningitis after MMR immunisation

F A Riordan  1 , J A Sills, A P Thomson, C A Hart
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Case Reports

Bacterial meningitis after MMR immunisation

F A Riordan et al. Postgrad Med J. 1995 Dec.

Abstract

Two children developed bacterial meningitis within five days of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation. Diagnosis was delayed because symptoms were attributed to the vaccine, although both had a raised C-reactive protein. Fever or rash within five days of MMR vaccination are unlikely to be due to the vaccine and a raised C-reactive protein suggests bacterial infection.

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