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Editor, Senior Moderator
Z Rheumatol. 2013 Aug 10. [Epub ahead of print]
[Vaccination in adult patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.]
[Article in German]
Goldacker S, Gause AM, Warnatz K; Kommission Pharmakotherapie der DGRh.
Source
Centrum f?r Chronische Immmundefizienz, Universit?tsklinikum Freiburg und Universit?t Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 117 - 2. OG, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland, sigune.goldacker@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Abstract
Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases often have an intrinsic and therapy associated increased susceptibility to infections which substantially contributes to morbidity and mortality of the patients. A large proportion of these infections are preventable by vaccination. For this reason in 2005 the standing vaccination committee (STIKO) recommended for patients with immunosuppression vaccination against pneumococcus, influenza, Haemophilus influenza b and meningococcus in addition to standard vaccinations, independent of age. Every patient should therefore be informed about a possible increase in susceptibility to infections and the recommended prevention by vaccination before implementation of immunosuppressive therapy.
PMID:
23929239
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929239
[Vaccination in adult patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.]
[Article in German]
Goldacker S, Gause AM, Warnatz K; Kommission Pharmakotherapie der DGRh.
Source
Centrum f?r Chronische Immmundefizienz, Universit?tsklinikum Freiburg und Universit?t Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 117 - 2. OG, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland, sigune.goldacker@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Abstract
Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases often have an intrinsic and therapy associated increased susceptibility to infections which substantially contributes to morbidity and mortality of the patients. A large proportion of these infections are preventable by vaccination. For this reason in 2005 the standing vaccination committee (STIKO) recommended for patients with immunosuppression vaccination against pneumococcus, influenza, Haemophilus influenza b and meningococcus in addition to standard vaccinations, independent of age. Every patient should therefore be informed about a possible increase in susceptibility to infections and the recommended prevention by vaccination before implementation of immunosuppressive therapy.
PMID:
23929239
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929239