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Review
. 2013 Mar 7;19(9):1354-8.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i9.1354.

Vaccines and recommendations for their use in inflammatory bowel disease

María Dolores Sánchez-Tembleque  1 , Carmen Corella, Jose L Pérez-Calle
Affiliations
Review

Vaccines and recommendations for their use in inflammatory bowel disease

María Dolores Sánchez-Tembleque et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

The patient with inflammatory bowel disease will be predisposed to numerous infections due their immune status. It is therefore important to understand the immune and serologic status at diagnosis and to put the patient into an adapted vaccination program. This program would be applied differently according to two patient groups: the immunocompromised and the non-immunocompromised. In general, the first group would avoid the use of live-virus vaccines, and in all cases, inflammatory bowel disease treatment would take precedence over vaccine risk. It is important to individualize vaccination schedules according to the type of patient, the treatment used and the disease pattern.In addition, patient with inflammatory bowel disease should be considered for the following vaccines: varicella vaccine, human papilloma virus, influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine.

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; Immunocompromised; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Vaccines.

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