نتایج جستجو برای: exposure rabies prophylaxis
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On June 7, 2013, a man was diagnosed in a Texas hospital with rabies. He had been detained in a U.S. detention facility during his infectious period. To identify persons exposed to rabies who might require rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) conducted investigations at four detention facilities, one medical clinic, and two hospital...
We describe five children who died of clinical rabies in a three month period (September to November 2011) in the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. From previous experience and hospital records, this number of cases is higher than expected. We are concerned that difficulty in accessing post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) rabies vaccine may be partly responsible for this rise. We advocate: (a) promp...
BACKGROUND In the United States, the risk of rabies transmission to humans in most situations of possible exposure is unknown. Controlled studies on rabies are clearly not possible. Thus, the limited data on risk has led to the frequent administration of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), often in inappropriate circumstances. METHODS We used the Delphi method to obtain an expert group co...
The occurrence of a case of human rabies in Peninsular Malaysia is reported. Despite the various control measures taken, sporadic cases of rabies have continued to occur in Peninsular Malaysia, especially in the northern states. Clinical awareness of the occurrence of rabies is therefore important and effective post-exposure prophylaxis should be instituted as soon as possible to prevent the po...
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that affects the central nervous system leading to respiratory or cardiac failure. Dogs are major source of rabies infection in human beings. 100% fatal but largely preventable if proper and timely Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) availed form immediate wound wash with soap water injections vaccine immunoglobulins, first week being most important. Here we descr...
To the Editor: The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) assessed the effect of terrestrial rabies on human postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) during the first 10-year period of computerized reporting (1993–2002) (1). We assessed the effect of bat rabies during the same period, when guidelines for PEP were changing (2). NYSDOH developed local health department and public education programs t...
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