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Review
. 2022 Sep;37(5):920-930.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2022.149. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

Vaccination strategies for Korean patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Yoo Jin Lee  1 , Eun Soo Kim  2
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Review

Vaccination strategies for Korean patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Yoo Jin Lee et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. Immunosuppressive drugs, which are often used to manage IBD, may increase this vulnerability and attenuate vaccine efficacy. Thus, healthcare providers should understand infectious diseases and schedule vaccinations for them to reduce the infection-related burden of patients with IBD. All patients with IBD should be assessed in terms of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases at the time of IBD diagnosis, and be vaccinated appropriately. Vaccination is becoming more important because of the unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global health crisis. This review focuses on recent updates to vaccination strategies for Korean patients with IBD.

Keywords: COVID-19; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Vaccination.

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