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. 2013 Sep;72(7):690-4, 696-700, 702-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00393-013-1155-4.

[Vaccination in adult patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases]

[Article in German]
S Goldacker  1 , A M Gause, K Warnatz; Kommission Pharmakotherapie der DGRh
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[Vaccination in adult patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases]

[Article in German]
S Goldacker et al. Z Rheumatol. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases often have an intrinsic and therapy associated increased susceptibility to infections which substantially contributes to morbidity and mortality of the patients. A large proportion of these infections are preventable by vaccination. For this reason in 2005 the standing vaccination committee (STIKO) recommended for patients with immunosuppression vaccination against pneumococcus, influenza, Haemophilus influenza b and meningococcus in addition to standard vaccinations, independent of age. Every patient should therefore be informed about a possible increase in susceptibility to infections and the recommended prevention by vaccination before implementation of immunosuppressive therapy.

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