Administration of protein-conjugate pneumococcal vaccine to patients who have invasive disease after splenectomy despite their having received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Patients who undergo splenectomy are at greatly increased risk for overwhelming pneumococcal bacteremia and death. Twenty-three-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV-23), which contains capsular polysaccharides (PSs) from 23 common serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, is strongly recommended for such patients. The capacity to respond to PPV-23 by producing immunoglobulin (Ig) G is genetically regulated. Some proportion of adults do not respond and, despite postsplenectomy administration of PPV-23, may remain susceptible to recurrent pneumococcal sepsis. Here, we describe 2 patients who had recurring pneumococcal bacteremia after undergoing splenectomy despite having received numerous doses of PPV-23. Heptavalent protein-conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCPV-7) was then administered, and it induced high levels of IgG to all 7 PSs; in one of the patients, functional activity against 5 of the 7 PSs was demonstrable, both in vitro and in vivo. Recurrent pneumococcal bacteremia in patients who have undergone splenectomy may indicate a genetically regulated failure to respond to PPV-23; PCPV-7 may stimulate production of IgG to PSs in such patients.

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CommentIn: J Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 15;193(8):1189-90. - PMID 16544264

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:191

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infectious diseases - 191(2005), 7 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1063-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Musher, Daniel M [VerfasserIn]
Ceasar, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Kojic, Erna M [VerfasserIn]
Musher, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
Gathe, Joseph C [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Steiner, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
White, A Clinton [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine
Antibodies, Bacterial
Case Reports
Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Meningococcal Vaccines
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 06.05.2005

Date Revised 19.11.2015

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CommentIn: J Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 15;193(8):1189-90. - PMID 16544264

Citation Status MEDLINE

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NLM15402144X