Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.

We report a case of rabies encephalitis in a 4½-year-old male child with an exposure to a suspect rabid dog. The child developed rabies 25 days after receiving postexposure prophylaxis. Rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) is currently administered according to body weight. In high-risk exposures over the he...

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Autores principales:	K M Chaitra, Sandeep Ballal, N R Ramesh Masthi, D H Ashwath Narayana, H T Yashodha, Mansi Kumar, Afroza Asiya, Divya Bharathi G, Sanjay S C
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b2d5e2ebe4504defa90f6b65af735dae
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b2d5e2ebe4504defa90f6b65af735dae2021-12-02T20:23:22ZRabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.1935-27271935-273510.1371/journal.pntd.0009045https://doaj.org/article/b2d5e2ebe4504defa90f6b65af735dae2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009045https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735We report a case of rabies encephalitis in a 4½-year-old male child with an exposure to a suspect rabid dog. The child developed rabies 25 days after receiving postexposure prophylaxis. Rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) is currently administered according to body weight. In high-risk exposures over the head and neck, local administration of RIG over and above the body weight depending on the site, size, and severity of exposure may help to prevent rabies death. There is a need for further studies to generate new evidence in this regard.K M ChaitraSandeep BallalN R Ramesh MasthiD H Ashwath NarayanaH T YashodhaMansi KumarAfroza AsiyaDivya Bharathi GSanjay S CPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 2, p e0009045 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 K M Chaitra Sandeep Ballal N R Ramesh Masthi D H Ashwath Narayana H T Yashodha Mansi Kumar Afroza Asiya Divya Bharathi G Sanjay S C Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
description	We report a case of rabies encephalitis in a 4½-year-old male child with an exposure to a suspect rabid dog. The child developed rabies 25 days after receiving postexposure prophylaxis. Rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) is currently administered according to body weight. In high-risk exposures over the head and neck, local administration of RIG over and above the body weight depending on the site, size, and severity of exposure may help to prevent rabies death. There is a need for further studies to generate new evidence in this regard.
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author	K M Chaitra Sandeep Ballal N R Ramesh Masthi D H Ashwath Narayana H T Yashodha Mansi Kumar Afroza Asiya Divya Bharathi G Sanjay S C
author_facet	K M Chaitra Sandeep Ballal N R Ramesh Masthi D H Ashwath Narayana H T Yashodha Mansi Kumar Afroza Asiya Divya Bharathi G Sanjay S C
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title	Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
title_short	Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
title_full	Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
title_fullStr	Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
title_full_unstemmed	Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
title_sort	rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b2d5e2ebe4504defa90f6b65af735dae
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Rabies encephalitis in a preschool child following postexposure prophylaxis.

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