Vaccination Status of Children Considered for Renal Transplant: Missed Opportunities for Vaccine Preventable Diseases
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.314-318, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.6002/ect.2012.0059
- Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.314-318
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Children, Renal transplant, Vaccination, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS, HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS, CLINICAL-FEATURES, MEASLES, RECIPIENTS, INFECTION, HEPATITIS, VARICELLA
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives: Infectious diseases, even vaccine preventable ones, might affect transplanting and the life course in pediatric solid-organ recipients. Owing to immunosuppression and decreased antibody production, susceptibility to infections is increased in these patients.