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2003 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioterrorism vaccination is contraindicated in some drug-allergic patients.
According to a study from the United States, "The threat of bioterrorism continues to be a very real one. Regularly, there are news stories on bioterrorism-related topics: What biologic weapons will our enemies likely use to attack the United States? How prepared is our country to successfully counter such attacks? Although these critical questions are being addressed by the leaders of our country, allergists-immunologists, too, will have to grapple with difficult questions during these uncertain and frightening times."
"We care for a special group of patients with various allergic and immunologic disorders," stated Rebecca S. Gruchalla at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and James Jones at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. "Some of our patients have immunodeficiency disorders that might preclude them from receiving life-saving vaccines. Our patients with drug allergies are fearful that should they become infected with a biologic agent, they will not be able to ...