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M McKinley1, S Leibowitz, R Bronzo
1Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Abstract:
Hyposplenism as a complication of celiac sprue confers an increased risk of pneumococcal sepsis, but such patients do not routinely receive pneumococcal vaccine despite reports of overwhelming pneumococcal sepsis. Because antibody response in these patients has not been previously assessed, we measured pre- and postvaccination levels in 10 patients with documented sprue. All demonstrated appropriate acute antibody responses to a polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine. Vaccination of all patients with celiac sprue seems appropriate.
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