Main description:

This book provides cutting-edge information on the vaccination of children treated with various immunosuppressive regimens. The latest literature and recommendations on vaccination in immunosuppressed children are discussed in detail, providing practical guidelines on vaccination for specialists caring for immunosuppressive paediatric patients.

Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice is a clinically-focused synthesis for a wide audience of paediatricians around the world. Paediatricians (including rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, immunologists, neurologists, nephrologists, oncologists, haematologists) will find this book to be an essential resource for their daily clinical practice.

Contents:

Importance of vaccinating immunocompromised children.- Immune responses to vaccination.- Mode of action of the various immunosuppressive drugs, effects on vaccine responses and recommendations.- Vaccination with live vaccines.- Vaccination with non-live vaccines.- Vaccination schedule in immune compromised children. Practical approach concerning the vaccination of children with dysimmune disorders who should start immunosuppression or already under immunosuppressive treatment.