基因确诊的线粒体疾病儿童的疫苗安全性
Annemarie de Vreugd1, Franz A Zimmermann2, Katja Steinbrücker2
1Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboudumc, Department of Pediatrics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Immunology letters
|November 18, 2024
概括
线粒体疾病 (MD) 的儿童接种疫苗通常是安全的,大多数儿童在免疫接种后没有出现不良事件 (AEFI). 发烧或注射部位反应等轻微副作用是最常见的,没有报告严重并发症.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 线粒体疾病 (MD) 是一种罕见的遗传疾病,影响细胞能量生产.
- 在患有多发性硬化症的儿童中,免疫接种的决定需要仔细考虑潜在的风险和益处.
- 关于疫苗在这个脆弱的儿科群体中的安全性数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查线粒体疾病 (MD) 的儿童免疫接种后不良事件 (AEFI) 的发生率和类型.
- 提供数据,以帮助医疗保健提供者和家长为患有多发性硬化症的儿童做出明智的免疫接种决定.
主要方法:
- 一项基于问卷的研究在两个欧洲中心的儿童患有MD的家长中进行.
- 收集的数据包括免疫史和AEFI在接种疫苗后七天内.
- 30名患有多发性硬化症的儿童参与了这项活动,他们总共接种了376次免疫接种.
主要成果:
- 84%的免疫接种 (316/376) 导致没有AEFI.
- 73%的患者 (22/30) 从未经历过任何AEFI.
- 在60次接种疫苗后,在8名患者中报告了轻度AEFI (发烧,注射部位反应,胃肠道症状);没有发生代谢恶化或发作.
结论:
- 接种疫苗在患有线粒体疾病的儿童中似乎是安全的,轻度不良事件的发生率很低.
- 这项研究支持在这个人群中常规免疫接种的安全性,尽管样本大小的限制.
- 这些发现可以帮助父母就MD儿童的疫苗接种提供咨询.
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