Inadequate knowledge of immunization guidelines: A missed opportunity for preventing infection in immunocompromised IBD patients

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-40

  Yeung, James H ^a   Goodman, Karen J ^a   Fedorak, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti TNF; Crohn's disease; immunization; immunosuppression; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455247416     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21668     Document Type: Article

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