Dermatological side effects to certain vaccines.

This discussion is written for the primary care clinician to help update knowledge of the potential severe dermatological adverse effects to certain vaccines. It is organized first by disease-specific, then component-specific, and finally administration-specific reactions. Vaccines considered include varicella-zoster, tetanus-diphtheria- pertussis, smallpox, human papillomavirus, BCG vaccination, yellow fever, hepatitis B, measles-mumpsrubella, influenza, poliomyelitis, and others. Componentspecific agents include aluminum hydroxide, thimersal, and gelatin-egg protein. It is important for clinicians to be aware of dermatologic side effects to vaccines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]