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Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Disease
Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease summarized from Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) June 2006 This summary is not meant to apply to Kidney patients who are recently post-transplant. These patients are considered more significantly immunosuppressed than those who have only chronic Kidney Disease , with or without dialysis. Vaccination of Renal Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Renal Disease Patients with renal failure have an increased risk of infection with a variety of pathogens, particularly pneumococcus and hepatitis B. The efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination for some of these patients, including those on dialysis, may be considerably lower than for immunocompetent patients, their anti body levels may be lower, and they may require repeat vaccination or an increased dose of vaccine.
Vaccination of Renal Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Renal Disease “Patients with renal failure have an increased risk of infection with a variety of pathogens, particularly
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