Parental refusal to diphtheria vaccine: a fatal outcome

• Main Authors: Amin Nordin, Syafinaz, Idris, Faridah, Awang Hama, Rukman, Ahmad Saad, Fathinul Fikri, Osman, Malina, Ghazali, Fadzillah, Isahak, Ilina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29718/1/Parental%20refusal%20to%20diphtheria%20vaccine.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29718/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2013/v68n5/index.html

We present a case of a four-year-old boy who succumbed to diphtheria following incomplete course of immunisation, which included diphtheria vaccine. This case report focuses on the issues of parental refusal to vaccines and the development of "halal" vaccines for the prevention of infectio...