Vaccinations for rheumatoid arthritis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Perry, Lisa M ^a   Winthrop, Kevin L ^a   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologics; DMARDs; Herpes zoster vaccination; Influenza; Pneumococcal vaccination; RA; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; GOLIMUMAB; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PPSV 23; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TOCILIZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLICATION; CONTRAINDICATIONS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFLUENZA VACCINES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902023331     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-014-0431-x     Document Type: Review

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