While uncommon, eczema vaccinatum can develop when atopic dermatitis patients are given the smallpox vaccine or come into close personal contact with people who recently received the vaccine.

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a ...

However, to our knowledge, eczema vaccinatum has not previously been described in keratosis follicularis. Case Report. An 18-year-old man has had keratosis follicularis since the age of 9 years.

Eczema vaccinatum is a localized or systemic spread of the vaccinia virus among persons who have eczema or a history of eczema or other chronic or exfoliative skin conditions like atopic dermatitis.

Eczema vaccinatum kills 1 to 6 percent of those affected. Up to 30 percent of children younger than 2 years of age with the disease die. It is also possible that atopic dermatitis patients can ...

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a ...

Immunology of Eczema Vaccinatum. The occurrence of eczema vaccinatum may relate to barrier disruption but also likely results from immunologic alterations that allow unbridled replication of ...

Eczema vaccinatum is an unusual side effect of the smallpox vaccine that can affect people who receive the shot or their close contacts. The toddler’s mother who developed a milder form of the ...

May 18, 2007 — In the first documented US case of eczema vaccinatum (EV) since 1988, reported in the May 18 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, secondary transmission of vaccinia ...

The Indiana boy is in critical condition with eczema vaccinatum, an unusual side effect of the smallpox vaccine that can affect people who receive the shot or their close contacts.

Eczema vaccinatum occurs almost exclusively in people who have a history of atopic dermatitis, a common, non-contagious skin disorder also known as eczema. "This new research, ...

‌People who have eczema – an inflammatory skin condition – can get an infection called eczema vaccinatum when exposed to the live virus in the vaccine. Although uncommon, ...