title: Donor immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB)-conjugate vaccine in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: Bone marrow transplant patients are at increased risk for infections with polysaccharide encapsulated organisms and respond poorly to polysaccharide vaccines. We evaluated the effect of donor immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB) polysaccharide-conjugate vaccine on recipient antibody responses following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Thirty-two allogeneic transplant patients and their donors were immunized before transplantation with HIB-conjugate, tetanus toxoid and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines. Following transplantation, patients received HIB-conjugate and tetanus toxoid vaccines at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine at 12 and 24 months. Thirty-three patients with unimmunized donors were immunized following transplantation in an identical manner. Patients whose donors were immunized had significantly higher total anti-HIB antibody concentrations at 3 months (P = .0001), 6 months (P = .0001), 12 months (P = .0001), and 24 months (P = .002) after transplant compared with patients whose donors were unimmunized. Higher antitetanus toxoid antibody concentrations were also noted in patients with immunized donors, whereas donor immunization with pneumococcal vaccine had no effect on antibody concentrations following transplantation. Donor immunization with HIB-conjugate vaccine resulted in higher antibody concentrations in patients as early as 3 months after allogeneic transplantation and may be an effective strategy to prevent HIB infections.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Molrine
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Guinan
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Antin
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGarigle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanding
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciamarra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goorin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ambrosino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines