Are All of These Vaccinations Really Needed? Vaccinations and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients


Vaccine

Dose

Recommendation

Check titer first

Safe for immunocompromised

Inactivated vaccines

HAVa

2 doses

Adults ≥19

Yes

Yes

HBVa

3 doses

Adults ≥19

Yes

Yes

HAV and HBVa

3 doses

Adults ≥19

Yes

Yes

HPV

3 doses

Females 11–26

No

Yes

Males 11–26 at riskb

Influenza (trivalent)c

Annually

Adults ≥19

No

Yes

Meningococcala

≥ 1 dose

Adults ≥19

No

Yes

Pneumococcala

1 dose and 1 booster in 5 years

Adult ≥19

No

Yes

Tetanus and diphtheria

Every 10 years

Adults ≥19

No

Yes

Live attenuated vaccines

MMR

1 or 2 dosesd

Adults born after 1957

Yes

Contraindicated

Varicellaa

2 doses

Adults ≥19

Yes

Contraindicated

Zoster

1 dose

Adults ≥60

Yes

Contraindicated


aHepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal, pneumococcal, and varicella vaccines are not universally recommended. Specific recommendations regarding these vaccines are listed below:

• Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for persons with chronic liver disease, receive clotting factor concentrates, travel to high or intermediate endemic area, use illicit drugs, or men who have sex with men.

• Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for persons with diabetes younger than age 60 years, end-stage renal disease, HIV infection, or chronic liver disease; healthcare personnel at risk of exposure to blood or other infectious body fluids; clients and staff of institutions for persons with developmental disabilities; persons at risk of sexually transmitted disease including those not in a monogamous relationship and men who have sex with men; current or recent injection drug users; household contacts and sex partners of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive persons; and international travelers to countries with high or intermediate prevalence of chronic HBV infection.

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Jun 5, 2017 | Posted by in GASTROENTEROLOGY | Comments Off on Are All of These Vaccinations Really Needed? Vaccinations and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients

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