Question: The patient with allergic to
tetracycline can receive pcec vaccination or not?
Answer: PCEC (purified chick embryo cell) vaccine
is a vaccine against rabies, which derived from viral culturing in embryo cell
of egg in chicken.
In the
process of producing this vaccine, some antibiotic is used in the production
process, and some companies may use chlortetracycline which has a structure
similar to tetracycline.
So this
vaccine is not recommended to be used to those people who have allergic to tetracycline because it
can cause allergic reaction. For this reason, recommended to read the
information that came with the product. Or to see details of label provided with the product.
References:
1. Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin
R. Principles and practice of infectious disease, 7th ed. Philadelphia
2. RABIPUR® [Consumer
Medicine Information]. Thailand
3. Verorab® [Package insert].
Thailand
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