The yin and yang of fever after meningococcal B vaccination

Arch Dis Child. 2017 Oct;102(10):881-882. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313419.

Authors

Shamez N Ladhani^{1

2}, Andrew Riordan³

Affiliations

¹ Immunisation Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St. George's University of London, London, UK.
³ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 28931534
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313419

No abstract available

Keywords: immunisation; infectious diseases; management; meningococcal vaccination; post-vaccination fever.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Antipyretics / therapeutic use
Fever / drug therapy
Fever / etiology*
Humans
Infant
Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control*
Meningococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage
Meningococcal Vaccines / adverse effects*
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / immunology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Practice Guidelines as Topic
United Kingdom

Substances

Antipyretics
Meningococcal Vaccines