Sustained functional serotype-specific antibody after primary and secondary vaccinations with a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in elderly patients with chronic lung disease

Highlights • Hyporesponsiveness was inconsistent for opsonic activity after secondary vaccination. • IgG required for 50% killing decreased 1 month after primary vaccination. • IgG required for 50% killing remained low 1 month after secondary vaccination. • Self-limited adverse reactions were more f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vaccine 2014-02, Vol.32 (10), p.1181-1186
Hauptverfasser: Ohshima, Nobuharu, Nagai, Hideaki, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Akashi, Shunsuke, Makino, Tomohiko, Akeda, Yukihiro, Oishi, Kazunori
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Hyporesponsiveness was inconsistent for opsonic activity after secondary vaccination. • IgG required for 50% killing decreased 1 month after primary vaccination. • IgG required for 50% killing remained low 1 month after secondary vaccination. • Self-limited adverse reactions were more frequent after secondary vaccination.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.060