Immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccine in heart transplant recipients.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
To assess the immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccine in recipients of heart transplants, we immunized 35 long-term transplantation survivors with pneumococcal vaccine and measured the pre- and postvaccination IgG antibody titers to 5 representative vaccine capsular polysaccharides. Responses of heart transplant recipients to pneumococcal vaccine antigens were generally suppressed.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Transplantation
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Pneumococcal Vaccines
- Vaccination