Vaccines Flashcards
1
Q
Recommended vaccines for traveling to developing countries
A
Yellow fever Hepatitis A Typhoid fever Rabies Japanese encephalitis Meningococcal disease
2
Q
Humoral immunodeficiency
Contraindicated vaccines
A
Yellow fever
Oral polio vaccine
BCG
Live-attenuated influenza vaccine
3
Q
T cell defects- what vaccines contraindicated
A
All live vaccines in complete & partial defects
4
Q
Live vaccines are…
A
Live bacterial: BCG and oral Ty21a (salmonella typhi)
Live viral: MMR, MMRV, OPV, LAIV, YF, zoster, rotavirus
5
Q
Phagocytic function defect
Vaccines contraindicated
A
Live bacterial
BCG
6
Q
Corticosteroids and vaccines
>2mg/kg/day
>20mg/day
For 14 days
A
No live vaccines until therapy discontinued for 1 month
7
Q
Live attenuated
Define
Examples
A
Live pathogen weakened in lab
Replicate in vivo but only cause very mild disease
BCG
MMR
Rotavirus
