Vacunación con DPT y neumonitis intersticial en lactantes fallecidos durante el 2001 y el 2002

by Vargas Herrera, Javier

Objective: To prove if there is association between immunization with vaccine DTP and Interstitial Pneumonitis, in children, between two and six months of age, died. Materials and methods: We made observacional, descriptive and analytical a case control study. The cases were children of 2 to 6 months old, died in 2001 and 2002 with histopathology studies made in the forensic office of Lima and diagnosis of interstitial pneumonitis. The controls were children of the same age, died in the same period, with diagnosis different from interstitial pneumonitis. Odds Ratio was used to analyze the force of association and the logistic regression to make a multivaried analysis.