2010
Gennaio 2010
numero 1
PROBLEMI CORRENTI
Vaccino anti-morbillo-parotite-rosolia e allergia all’uovo
Finalmente una svolta epocale
Irene Berti, Giorgio Longo
Clinica Pediatrica, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Citazione bibliografica: Medico e Bambino 2010;29:36-40
MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE AND EGG ALLERGY: AN EPOCHAL TURNING-POINT
Key words
Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, Egg allergy, Anaphylaxis
Summary
Since measles and mumps components used in measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
are grown in cultures of fibroblast from chick embryos, the safety of administering MMR
vaccine to patients allergic to eggs has been debated for long time. Finally international
recommendations and Italian guide line clearly state that MMR vaccine do not contain significant
amounts of egg cross-reacting proteins and so there are no risks for patients allergic
to eggs. Furthermore, children with egg allergy are at low risk of allergic reaction
to MMR, even if they have a history of severe anaphylaxis to egg ingestion: they can be
vaccinated regularly, without previous skin test with the vaccine and the procedure does
not need to be done in a hospital.
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