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Enteritis with pneumatosis intestinalis following rotavirus immunisation in an infant with short bowel syndrome
Summary
Rotavirus vaccines now form part of the national immunisation schedule in many countries. Contraindications to its use are few but do not currently include infants with short bowel syndrome (SBS). We present a nearly 3-month-old boy with SBS who developed enteritis with pneumatosis intestinalis following administration of the Rotarix vaccine.
- Infection (gastroenterology)
- Small intestine
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- Short bowel syndrome
- rotavirus