[Immunization guidelines regarding patients with a chronic disease].
Some chronic diseases--like renal failure, liver insufficiency, chronic lung disease, cardiac involvement, diabetes mellitus, asplenia--present limited defects of the immune system and/or a higher risk of infection; therefore, patients with such pathologies should get selective vaccinations. The efficacy of immunization decreases with disease progression; for this reason, these patients should be immunized as soon as possible. At the beginning of their disease, these patients do not need a specialized treatment and are followed by the general practitioner alone who is in charge of immunizing them as well as contact people of any immunocompromised patient. OFSP's regular vaccinations programme is recommended, as well as selective vaccinations against influenza, pneumococci and viral hepatitis, depending on the underlying chronic disease.
Aubert
Carole
C
Université de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse. carole.aubert.3@unil.ch
Vaudaux
Bernard
B
Bart
Pierre Alexandre
PA
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000592:standards*; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013557:Switzerland; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines