Infanrix® Penta (Combined Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis (DTPa), Hepatitis B and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine)

Consumer Medicine Information

• CMI Infanrix Penta

Product Information (Intended for Healthcare Professional)

• PI Infanrix Penta

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• Synflorix®
• INFANRIX® hexa
• Engerix®-B
• Hiberix®
• Infanrix® IPV
• Priorix®
• Varilrix®
• Rotarix®

Pertussis or 'whooping cough' is a serious disease. In severe cases (where hospitalisation is necessary) it is fatal in 7 out of 200 cases in babies under 6 months of age.

Hepatitis B can be passed from mother to newborn, leaving many of these babies life long carriers. 25% of carriers develop liver disease and up to 25% die prematurely of liver cancer of failure.

Tetanus is most common in adults - Australia has around 10 cases a year, of which at least one person will die.

• Immunise Australia Program