Lack of serologic immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases in children after thoracic transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 619-627

  Urschel, Simon ^a   Cremer, Sabine ^a   Birnbaum, Julia ^a   Dallapozza, Robert ^a   Fuchs, Alexandra ^a   Jäger, Gundula ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^b   Belohradsky, Bernd H ^a   Netz, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Pediatric heart transplantation; Post transplant complications; Serological immunity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUMPS VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RAPAMYCIN; RUBELLA VACCINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VACCZYME;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MUMPS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETANUS; VACCINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEASLES; MUMPS; RUBELLA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 77951959728     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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