The Vaccine-attributable Risk for Febrile Convulsions Following Influenza Vaccine

Febrile convulsions after 2010 seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine: implications for vaccine safety surveillance in Australia.

The risk of epilepsy following febrile convulsions.

A cohort of 666 children who had convulsions with fever were followed to determine the risks of subsequent epilepsy. High risks were found in children with preexisting cerebral palsy or mental retardation. Other major risk factors were atypical features of the febrile convulsions (such as focal seizures) and duration of febrile seizures for 10 minuts or more. The risk of developing epilepsy by ...

Influenza virus and febrile convulsions.

To the Editor—Recently, Kawada et al. [1] described systemic cytokine responses in infants and children with influenza-associated encephalopathy and febrile convulsions (FCs). The authors suggested that the pathogenesis of FCs is similar to that of encephalopathy and that the differentiation of encephalopathy and complex FCs may be difficult. The mechanism of FCs is a controversial topic, and t...

Febrile Seizures After 2010-2011 Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine.

OBJECTIVES In the Post-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring Program, we examined risk of febrile seizures (FS) after trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) during the 2010-2011 influenza season, adjusted for concomitant diphtheria tetanus acellular pertussis-containing vaccines (DTaP). Assuming children would receive both vac...

Evaluation of Aseptic Meningitis Following Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine in Children Admitted due to Febrile Convulsion

Background Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common neurological problem in children which can occur in 2 to 5% of this population. The most important issue is to identify the cause of fever and rule out bacterial meningitis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of aseptic meningitis due to Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine in admitted children with febrile convulsion. ...