Live vaccines after pediatric solid organ transplant: Proceedings of a consensus meeting, 2018
Growing evidence suggests receipt of live-attenuated viral vaccines after solid organ transplant (SOT) has occurred and is safe and needed due to lapses in herd immunity. A 2-day consortium of experts in infectious diseases, transplantation, vaccinology, and immunology was held with the objective to review evidence and create expert recommendations for clinicians when considering live viral vaccines post-SOT. For consideration of VV and MMR post-transplant, evidence exists only for kidney and liver transplant recipients. For MMR vaccine post-SOT, consider vaccination during outbreak or travel to endemic risk areas. Patients who have received antiproliferative agents (eg. mycophenolate mofetil), T cell-depleting agents, or rituximab; or have persistently elevated EBV viral loads, or are in a state of functional tolerance, should be vaccinated with caution and have a more in-depth evaluation to define benefit of vaccination and net state of immune suppression prior to considering vaccination. MMR and/or VV (not combined MMRV) is considered to be safe in patients who are clinically well, are greater than 1 year after liver or kidney transplant and 2 months after acute rejection episode, can be closely monitored, and meet specific criteria of "low-level" immune suppression as defined in the document.
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| Organisation: | Suresh, Sneha. Division of Infectious Disease and IHOPE, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Upton, Julia. Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Green, Michael. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pham-Huy, Anne. Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Posfay-Barbe, Klara M. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Michaels, Marian G. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Transplant Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Top, Karina A. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Canadian Center for Vaccinology IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada. Avitzur, Yaron. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Burton, Catherine. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Chong, Pearlie P. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Danziger-Isakov, Lara. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dipchand, Anne I. Department of Paediatrics, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Hebert, Diane. Division of Nephrology, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Kumar, Deepali. Department of Medicine, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. Morris, Shaun K. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Nalli, Nadya. Department of Pharmacy, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. Ng, Vicky Lee. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Nicholas, Sarah Kogan. Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. Robinson, Joan L. Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Solomon, Melinda. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Tapiero, Bruce. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, CHU Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. Verma, Anita. Department of Infection Science, Kings College Hospital, London, UK. Walter, Jolan E. Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, John's Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida. Walter, Jolan E. Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts. Allen, Upton D. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. |
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| Funding: | Funding not described |
| Publication type: | Consensus Development Conference, Guideline |
| Organ: | Kidney; Liver; Various; Lung; Heart; Intestine |
| Language: | English |
| MeSH terms: | Child; Humans; Organ Transplantation; Pediatrics; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Vaccines, Attenuated; Virus Diseases; 0 (Vaccines, Attenuated); Heart Transplantation; Kidney Transplantation; Liver Transplantation; Lung Transplantation |