title: Response to measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in children on dialysis.
abstract: Ten children receiving maintenance dialysis were immunized with the standard dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine between 15 and 33 months of age. Immune responses to vaccination were determined using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for measles, mumps, and rubella viruses. Eight children responded to measles vaccine, 5 to mumps vaccine, 8 to rubella vaccine, and only 3 children to all three vaccines, compared with a seroconversion rate of over 90% to all three vaccines in healthy children (P less than 0.0001). We contend that the relatively poor immunocompetence of our dialysis patients explains their less than optimal vaccine response and suggest that children vaccinated while undergoing dialysis be tested to confirm serological evidence of immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schulman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deforest
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Polinsky
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Baluarte
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009107:Mumps / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine