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Immunosuppression and vaccines
Organization: Melbourne Vaccine Education CentrePublished: 2020
"Immunosuppression occurs when a person’s immune system is weakened, resulting in a decreased ability to fight infections. Causes of immunosuppression may include having certain medical conditions (e.g. autoimmune disease, cancer, transplants, functional or anatomical asplenia, advancing age and HIV) or taking specific medications (e.g. corticosteroids, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs [DMARDs] or cancer therapies). Seroprotection from immunisation can be suboptimal in this patient group and therefore additional doses of vaccines may be recommended. Some vaccines (live-attenuated vaccines) may be contraindicated.
The degree of immune compromise should be assessed to determine individual vaccination strategies.
Many vaccines can be given pre-emptively to people who anticipate immune compromise in the future (e.g. a patient undergoing a planned splenectomy should be immunised prior to surgery)." - Immunosuppression and vaccines
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