Pneumococcal Vaccine Response in Cirrhosis and Liver Transplantation

Cirrhosis is a major risk factor for severe pneumococcal infection, and patients evaluated for liver transplantation routinely receive pneumococcal vaccine. This study followed serologic antibody levels of 45 adults evaluated for transplantation and 13 age-matched control subjects. All received 23-v...

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Published in:	The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 181; no. 2; pp. 757 - 760
Main Authors:	McCashland, T. M., Preheim, L. C., Gentry-Nielsen, M. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01-02-2000 University of Chicago Press Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Adult Antibodies Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Bacterial Vaccines - administration & dosage Bacterial Vaccines - immunology Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Cirrhosis Concise Communications Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Liver Cirrhosis - immunology Liver diseases Liver transplantation Liver Transplantation - immunology Male Matched-Pair Analysis Microbiology Middle Aged Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control Pneumococcal vaccine Pneumococcal Vaccines Polysaccharides Statistical significance Streptococcus pneumoniae Transplantation Vaccination Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies Immune response Digestive system Antibody Liver Vaccination Hepatic disease Transplantation Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Streptococcaceae Cirrhosis Immunoprophylaxis Streptococcal infection Bacteriosis Digestive diseases Bacteria Micrococcales Pneumococcal infection Humoral immunity Quantitative analysis
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