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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews1998

Use of licensed vaccines for active immunization of the immunocompromised host.

L A Pirofski, A Casadevall

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Influenza vaccines in immunosuppressed adults with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  2. Influenza vaccines in immunosuppressed adults with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  11. The Rise ofFrontiers in immunology · 2019
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  15. Live virus vaccines in transplantation: friend or foe?Current infectious disease reports · 2015
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  16. Fungal vaccines and immunotherapeutics.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L A PirofskiDepartment of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
A Casadevall
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

Human Antibodies to Crytococcus NeoformansR01AI035370 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PIROFSKI, LIISE-ANNE · 1994 to 2009
$3.3M
DIAGNOSTIC &VACCINE FOR VIRAL NON-A, NON-B HEPATITISR43AI022774 · NIAID · PROTOS CORPORATION · PI HOUGHTON, MICHAEL · 1985 to 1985
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NIAID NIH HHS AI13342NIAID NIH HHS AI22774NIAID NIH HHS AI35370NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI035370
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The latter part of the 20th century has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of individuals with impaired immunity. This is primarily attributable to the increased development and use of antineoplastic therapy for malignancies, organ and bone marrow transplantation, and the AIDS epidemic. Individuals with impaired immunity are often at increased risk for infections, and they can experience more severe and complicated courses of infection. The lack of therapy for a variety of viruses and the rise in antimicrobial resistance of many pathogens have focused attention on vaccination to prevent infectious diseases. The efficacy of most licensed vaccines has been established in immunocompetent hosts. However, there is also considerable experience with most vaccines in those with impaired immunity. We reviewed the use of licensed live, inactivated, and polysaccharide vaccines in this group, and several themes emerged: (i) most vaccines are less immunogenic in those with impaired immunity than in normal individuals; (ii) live vaccines are generally contraindicated in this group; and (iii) the efficacy of many commonly used vaccines has not been established in people with impaired immunity. This review suggests that for most vaccines there are little or no efficacy data in those with impaired immunity but their use in this patient group is generally safe.

Indexed as

VaccinationDrug ApprovalHumansImmunocompromised HostUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationVaccinesVaccines

Identifiers

PMID9457426
PMCPMC121373
OpenAlexW2123778198

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