Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice - Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner, Laure F. Pittet

Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice

Buch | Softcover
XVI, 214 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-04843-2 (ISBN)
80,24 inkl. MwSt

This book provides cutting-edge information on the vaccination of children treated with various immunosuppressive regimens. The latest literature and recommendations on vaccination in immunosuppressed children are discussed in detail, providing practical guidelines on vaccination for specialists caring for immunosuppressive paediatric patients.

Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice is a clinically-focused synthesis for a wide audience of paediatricians around the world. Paediatricians (including rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, immunologists, neurologists, nephrologists, oncologists, haematologists) will find this book to be an essential resource for their daily clinical practice.

Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner is a senior pediatric immunologist and vaccinologist at the University Hospital Geneva, treating children with immunological problems. She holds an MD from the University of Geneva and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, and has widely published on the immune response after vaccination. Her research has won several prizes, among others the Prix Pfizer in 2017. Laure F. Pittet is a senior paediatrician and vaccinologist at the University Hospital of Geneva. She holds an MD and PhD from the University of Geneva and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne. She has widely published on the immune response after vaccination in immunocompromised children.

Importance of vaccinating immunocompromised children.- Immune responses to vaccination.- Mode of action of the various immunosuppressive drugs, effects on vaccine responses and recommendations.- Vaccination with live vaccines.- Vaccination with non-live vaccines.- Vaccination schedule in immune compromised children. Practical approach concerning the vaccination of children with dysimmune disorders who should start immunosuppression or already under immunosuppressive treatment.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie In Clinical Practice
Zusatzinfo XVI, 214 p. 9 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 203 mm
Gewicht 285 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pädiatrie
Medizin / Pharmazie Studium
Schlagworte Auto-immune diseases • children • hematopoietic stem cell transplantation • Immunosuppressive regimens • Solid Organ Transplant • Vaccination
ISBN-10 3-031-04843-1 / 3031048431
ISBN-13 978-3-031-04843-2 / 9783031048432
Zustand Neuware
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