Vaccine-Induced Acute Metabolic Crises

Abstract

Acute metabolic crisis occurring in 7 children (6 at ages 3-9 months, and 1 at 5 years), between 3 and 12 hours after administration of Japanese encephalitis, diphtheria, and tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, and measles vaccines, is reported from Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.

Keywords

• metabolic crises
• vaccination
• symmetric foci