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An update on immunizations before and after transplantation in the pediatric solid organ transplant recipient
Mayssa M Abuali1, Ronen Arnon, Roberto Posada
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Abstract:
Vaccination offers a unique opportunity to decrease the burden of infectious complications following solid organ transplantation. In this paper we review the current guidelines for routine immunizations before and after solid organ transplantation, including the recent updates and changes to recommendations for certain vaccines. We also address the issue of waning immunity in solid organ transplant recipients and discuss the current data on vaccinating this patient population with live vaccines after transplantation.
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