vaccines

Question 1

which vaccines pose a risk to immunocompromised patients

Answer 1

Live attenuated

BCG
measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
influenza (intranasal)
oral rotavirus
oral polio
yellow fever
oral typhoid

Question 2

Inactivated preparations

Answer 2

rabies
hepatitis A
influenza (intramuscular)

Question 3

Toxoid (inactivated toxin)

Answer 3

tetanus

corynebacterium diphtheria

bordettella pertussis

Question 4

what are Subunit and conjugate vaccines ?

Answer 4

Subunit means that only part of the pathogen is used to generate an immunogenic response.

A conjugate vaccine is a particular type that links the poorly immunogenic bacterial polysaccharide outer coats to proteins to make them more immunogenic

Question 5

Subunit and conjugate vaccines

Answer 5

pneumococcus (conjugate)

haemophilus (conjugate)

meningococcus (conjugate)

hepatitis B

human papillomavirus

Question 6

BCG vaccine does not prevent

Answer 6

primary infection with tuberculosis

does not provide reliable protection against any forms of TB in adults

Question 7

so why is BCG vaccines still used in children once or even sometimes twice ?

Answer 7

protective against severe diseases in children, particularly TB meningitis and disseminated TB in children.
preventive in TB meningitis