Background Immunosuppressed patients are at risk of severe viral infections-related
complications. National and international vaccination guidelines have been developed to …

Background Vaccine-preventable diseases, especially influenza, varicella, herpes zoster,
and invasive pneumococcal infections, continue to lead to significant morbidity and mortality …

Zusammenfassung Zum Erreichen eines optimalen Schutzes vor impfpräventablen
Erkrankungen werden im Folgenden Anwendungshinweise für die von der STIKO …

Background: Patients with immune-mediated diseases on immunosuppressive therapies
have more infectious episodes than healthy individuals, yet vaccination practices by …

Background In 2021, four patients who had received solid organ transplants in the USA
developed encephalitis beginning 2–6 weeks after transplantation from a common organ …

Infectious complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with
malignancies specifically when receiving anticancer treatments. Prevention of infection …

In Deutschland leben aktuell circa 4 Mio. Menschen, die in ihrem Leben eine
Krebserkrankung diagnostiziert bekommen haben [171]. Im Zeitraum von 1980–2017 …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has had a huge impact on health services, with a …

Part 3 of this 4-part continuing medical education series reviews several important infectious
complications of corticosteroid use, including a focus on pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) …

Live-attenuated vaccines are currently contraindicated in solid-organ transplant recipients.
However, the risk of vaccine-preventable infections is lifelong, and can be particularly …