Early measles vaccination in bone marrow transplant recipients |
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Authors: | Machado C M de Souza V A U F Sumita L M da Rocha I F Dulley F L Pannuti C S |
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Affiliation: | Virology Laboratory (LIM 52-HCFMUSP)--Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of S?o Paulo Medical School, S?o Paulo, Brazil. clarimm@usp.br |
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Abstract: | Measles vaccination has been recommended after the second year following bone marrow transplant (BMT) in patients not receiving immunosuppressive drugs. During a measles outbreak, we vaccinated all patients after the first year of transplant, and conducted a prospective trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness and sustained immunity after early vaccination. Patients received attenuated virus vaccine between 9 and 18 months after BMT. A total of 51 patients were evaluated and 27 of them (52.9%) were receiving immunosuppressive drugs. Only mild adverse reactions were noted. Nine patients (17.6%) were susceptible (IgG< or =100 mIU/ml) at vaccination, and all seroconverted. In those immune at vaccination, a four-fold increase in measles IgG titers was found in one of 34 patients (2.9%) with specific IgG> or =200 mIU/ml compared to 14 of 17 (82.3%) with IgG<200 mIU/ml (P< 0.0001). Sustained immunity after 24 months was more likely to occur in patients with specific IgG levels< or =200 or > or =500 mIU/mL (83.4 and 100%, respectively) in comparison to patients with 200
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