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Published on: July 9, 2009
Varicella vaccination in pediatric kidney transplant candidates
Susan L Furth1, Barbara A Fivush
1Department of Pediatrics, the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. sfurth@jhmi.edu
Abstract:
Existing studies support the use of varicella vaccine in a two-dose regimen in patients with renal disease prior to transplantation. Levels of anti-varicella zoster virus antibody should be monitored on a regular basis after immunization, and where a loss of a previously protective antibody titer occurs, a third booster dose should be considered pretransplant. Further data need to be collected regarding the use of the vaccine in seronegative patients who have already undergone transplantation.
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