Immunocompromised host influenza

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Household contacts of immunocompromised persons should have all routine vaccines as scheduled, including yearly influenza vaccination. Children in the household may receive live virus vaccines without special precautions however, if a rash develops following varicella vaccination, contact should be avoided with the immunocompromised host until the rash resolves. 

Immunocompromised hosts should receive annual influenza vaccination with TIV but not LAIV. 

The cancer patient and the HIV-positive patient are the two clinically important groups were the natural defence systems are disturbed either by the disease or by the treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy). Infections in the HIV-positive patient are discussed in Chapter 33B. Less prevalent immunocompromised hosts are patients with hypo- or agamma-globulinaemia or patients after splenectomy. These last patient groups with mainly humoral dysfunction generally suffer from infections by encapsulated bacteria S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and N. meningitidis). In this section we will discuss patients with cellular immune dysfunction, mainly granulocytopenia. 

Influenza A and Unvaccinated geriatric patients, immunocompromised hosts, and health care workers during outbreaks Oseltamivir Good... 

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