Smallpox Vaccination and the Patient with an Organ Transplant | Zendy

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Smallpox Vaccination and the Patient with an Organ Transplant

Author(s) -

Lesia K. Dropulic,

Robert H. Rubin,

John G. Bartlett

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/374716

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , smallpox , immunology , organ transplantation , immunity , intensive care medicine , population , disease , smallpox vaccine , vaccinia , transplantation , immune system , surgery , environmental health , recombinant dna , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

Organ transplant recipients are vulnerable to a variety of infections because of the immunosuppressed state required to prevent organ rejection. We review the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) for smallpox vaccination and the possible complications of vaccination in the population with organ transplants. The risk of these complications is presumably dependent on the extent of deficient cell-mediated immunity.

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