Abstracts tagged "pediatric rheumatology and vaccines"

Abstract Number: 369 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hepatitis A Virus Vaccination in Juvenile-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sevinc Mertoglu¹, Sezgin Sahin¹, Omer Faruk Beser², Amra Adrovic¹, Kenan Barut¹, Pelin Yuksel³, Soner Sazak⁴, Bekir Kocazeybek⁵ and Ozgur Kasapcopur¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Okmeydani Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Microbiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Okmeydani Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Various infections play significant roles in flares of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Hepatitis A virus is one of these infectious agents that has high…
Abstract Number: 383 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunogenicity of 13 Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine in Children with Lupus: Single Center Experience in South Texas
Elissa Gonzalez, Joe Cole and Mark Gorelik, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Children's Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Pneumococcal vaccination is an important part of the care of pediatric and adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, and is recommended as a quality…
Abstract Number: 2429 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Varicella Vaccination in Patients with Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases Receiving Immunosuppression: Proposal of a Pre-Vaccination Checklist to Ensure Safety
Fabian Speth¹, Johannes Peter Haas¹, Susanne Loeber¹ and Claas Hinze², ¹German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ²Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is a serious preventable infection in patients (pts) receiving immunosuppression (IS). The purpose of this study was to determine…
Abstract Number: 2275 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunization Status and Barriers in Childhood Rheumatic Diseases
Shine Vazhappilly¹, Otto Vanderkooi^2,3,4, Susanne Benseler^3,5, Tommy Gerschman⁶, Nicole Johnson⁵, Nadia Luca⁵, Paivi Miettunen^3,7, Dwaraka Veeramreddy⁸ and Heinrike Schmeling^3,5, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital;, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medincine & Microbiology Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine & Microbiology Immunology & Infectious Diseases/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Department of Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Department of Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose To determine the vaccination status of children with rheumatic diseases, and identify immunization knowledge of families and potential barriers to vaccination. Methods A cross-sectional…
Abstract Number: 1999 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunogenicity and Safety of Two Doses of Influenza A H1N1⁄2009 Vaccine in Young Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Patients Under 9 Years Old
Guilherme Trudes¹, Nadia E. Aikawa², Lucia M. Campos³, Rosa M.R. Pereira⁴, Julio C. B. Moraes⁵, Ana Cristina Ribeiro⁶, Joao Miraglia⁷, Maria do Carmo S. Timenetsky⁸, Eloisa Bonfa⁴ and Clovis Artur Silva⁹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Divison, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Instituto Butantan, Fundação Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Instituto Adolfo Lutz - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁹Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: In 2010 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from the CDC recommended that all children should receive the trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine containing the…