Generalized Vaccinia

Generalized vaccinia
Generalized vaccinia
	Generalized vaccinia -Pustular lesion on individuals shoulder, 6 days after revaccination.
Specialty	Dermatology, infectious diseases
Symptoms	Clusters of small blisters
Treatment	Usually none, vaccinia immune globulin intravenous (VIGIV)

Generalized vaccinia is an eruption of vaccinia 6–9 days after vaccination, presenting as clusters of small blisters on a red base.^[1]^[2]

It may be treated with Vaccinia immune globulin intravenous (VIGIV).^[3]

It occurred in around 242 of every million smallpox vaccines.^[4]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "19. Viral diseases". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. pp. 387–388. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse Reactions". www.cdc.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-03-20. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Medical Management of Adverse Reactions to Vaccinia Virus Vaccination | Smallpox | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
↑ Petersen, Brett W.; Damon, Inger K. (2020). "348. Smallpox, monkeypox and other poxvirus infections". In Goldman, Lee; Schafer, Andrew I. (eds.). Goldman-Cecil Medicine. Vol. 2 (26th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. p. 2183. ISBN 978-0-323-53266-2. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-06-06.

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