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A prospective epidemiological study of febrile convulsions (FC) was performed during a 20-month period. 128 children with FCs were identified. The annual first attendance rate and annual incidence rate were 500/100,000 and 460/100,000 respectively, in the age group 0-4 years. The cumulative
BACKGROUND
Mumps is a common childhood viral disease characterized by fever and swelling of the parotid gland. The prognosis is generally good, although some complications, such as encephalitis (0.1%), exist. Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion is the most common
A temporary acute unilateral enlargement of the parotid gland or "anesthesia mumps" has been described in both surgical and anesthesia literature. It has been described in elderly, dehydrated, poorly nourished, and post-operative patients. We present a 5-year-old patient who underwent a left
To address the claim that the Leningrad-Zagreb (L-Z) mumps vaccine strain is causally associated with aseptic meningitis, a prospective, post-marketing safety study was conducted with a measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) (TRESIVAC(R); Serum Institute of India Ltd., Pune, India), which uses the L-Z
This study was designed to report incidence and characteristics of selected adverse events following immunisation which have consistent causal association (AEFIc) with Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination given at the age of one year in the National Immunisation Programme of Sri Lanka.
The data
A 19-year-old, immunologically healthy man suffered from prolonged and intermittent high fever, left parotitis, systemic lymph node swelling, progressive liver dysfunction and leukocytopenia. 11 days after the fever onset, consciousness disturbance and generalized convulsion occurred. By the
For the treatment of dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM), meningioma and other external carotid lesions, a method of chemical embolization using a conjugated estrogen is reported. A total of 40 cases were treated, including 11 cases of dural AVM, 20 cases of meningioma and 9 other cases such as
Viral infections of the nervous system make up a wide range of disorders with a mainly benign outcome. However, in some cases there is severe, morbimortality. In viral encephalitis there is direct involvement of the brain parenchyma which is seen clinically as reduced consciousness, convulsions
A previously well 4-year-old girl developed frequent seizures and mental deterioration after mumps parotitis. Direct IgG antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed a high titer of anti-mumps viral antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. Chronic mumps encephalitis was diagnosed. Her
All cases of mumps meningoencephalitis diagnosed at our institution during the past 15 years were reviewed. There were 24 cases, 16 between 1973 and 1977, 3 between 1978 and 1985 and 5 in 1986 to 1988. Four of the recent cases occurred 19 to 26 days after receipt of a new mumps vaccine (Urabe Am 9
BACKGROUND
Public debate over the safety of the trivalent measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, and the resultant drop in vaccination rates in several countries, persists despite its almost universal use and accepted effectiveness.
OBJECTIVE
We carried out a systematic review to assess the