Pertussis Vaccination

Contraindicated No Longer in Hypotonic-Hyporesponsive Children

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 26th, 2000

Pertussis vaccination is no longer contraindicated in children who have experienced hypotonic-hyporesponsive to previous vaccination, suggests a study from Australia.

"Hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes (HHE) were once considered a contraindication to pertussis vaccination," stated H. Goodwin and colleagues from the New Children's Hospital, Australia.

Goodwin et al. evaluated the safety of further vaccination. They published the results of their study in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ("Vaccination of Children Following a Previous Hypotonic-Hyporesponsive Episode," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, December...

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