Vaccination Status of Children Considered for Renal Transplant: Missed Opportunities for Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Genc G., Ozkaya O., Aygun C., Yakupoğlu Y. K., Nalçacıoğlu H.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.314-318, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.6002/ect.2012.0059
  • Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.314-318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Children, Renal transplant, Vaccination, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS, HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS, CLINICAL-FEATURES, MEASLES, RECIPIENTS, INFECTION, HEPATITIS, VARICELLA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Infectious diseases, even vaccine preventable ones, might affect transplanting and the life course in pediatric solid-organ recipients. Owing to immunosuppression and decreased antibody production, susceptibility to infections is increased in these patients.