Immunity to diphtheria and tetanus in a young population on a dialysis regimen or with a renal transplant.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
In 54 transplant recipients diphtheria and tetanus immunity after primary vaccination was significantly lower than in 57 control subject and 35 patients on a dialysis regimen. After a booster, tetanus antibodies developed in the transplant recipients and dialysis patients but no diphtheria antibodies developed in two transplant recipients. No adverse reactions, including acute graft rejection episodes, occurred.
Medical subject headings
- Diphtheria
- Diphtheria Toxoid
- Kidney Transplantation
- Renal Dialysis
- Tetanus
- Tetanus Toxoid