1. Recommended Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplantation.
- Author
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Voulgaris, Theodoros and Sevastianos, Vassilios A.
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TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc. , *VACCINATION , *TERMINALLY ill , *IMMUNE response , *VACCINES , *VACCINATION complications - Abstract
Patients with end-stage organ diseases, as well as solid organ transplantation recipients have reduced immune response to many vaccines. Thus, vaccination should be performed as early as possible during the natural course of their primary disease. Verifying immunization status and updating vaccinations are important steps in the evaluation of patients who are on a waiting list for solid organ transplantation. Potential benefits of vaccination outweigh the vaccine-related adverse events. According to current literature, there is no association between rejection episodes and previous exposure to vaccination. Furthermore, several viral infections have been reported to trigger graft rejection. This suggests that infectious agents, more commonly than vaccines, are a cause of graft rejection episodes, and effective immunization may be protective. Current information on vaccination for adult solid organ transplant candidates is reviewed in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015