Yellow fever vaccine: a successful vaccination of an immunocompromised patient.

Author(s): Gowda R, Cartwright K, Bremner JA, Green ST

Affiliation(s): Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Virology Services, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. ravigowda1@yahoo.com

Publication date & source: 2004-04, Eur J Haematol., 72(4):299-301.

Publication type: Case Reports

We report on the successful vaccination of a patient, 21/2 yr after bone marrow transplantation for myeloma. He was not severely immunosupressed and responded to the yellow fever vaccine (17D, a live attenuated vaccine) without any adverse affects.