The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2004 , Vol 46 , Num 3
Back to the basics: hemorrhage after vaccination: a case report

Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Cengiz AB, Kanra G, Kara A, Özen M, Konu M, Erdoğan İ, Çetin M. Back to the basics: hemorrhage after vaccination: a case report. Turk J Pediatr 2004; 46: 259-261.

A 50-day-old girl with swelling and ecchymosis of right hand dorsum after DTP vaccination on ipsilateral deltoid area was referred to the pediatric infectious disease outpatient unit with a presumed diagnosis of gangrenous cellulites. Physical examination and laboratory evaluation revealed intramuscular bleeding as a result of vitamin K deficiency. We would like to emphasize the importance of both vitamin K prophylaxis in the newborn to prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn and of the education of persons administering vaccines about this very basic aspect of pediatrics for early recognition.

Keywords : vaccination side effect vitamin K deficiency infant bleeding hemorrhagicdisease of the newborn.
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