Casotti Valeria, Stroppa Paola, Bravi Michela, Tebaldi Alessandra, Loglio Alessandro, Viganò Mauro, Fagiuoli Stefano, D'Antiga Lorenzo
Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Child Health Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy.
Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Aug 23;12(9):952. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12090952.
Solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients are a fragile population, in which the presence of a pre-transplant disease leading to organ insufficiency and the post-transplant immunosuppressive treatment expose them to an increased risk of infectious diseases. The best intervention to guarantee efficient prevention of infections, with optimal cost-benefit ratio, is represented by vaccination programs; however, the response to vaccines needs that the immune system maintains a good function. This is even more relevant at paediatric age, when specific immunological conditions make transplant candidates and recipients particularly vulnerable. Paediatric patients may be naïve to most infections and may have incomplete immunization status at the time of transplant listing due to their age. Moreover, the unaccomplished development of a mature immune system and the immunosuppressive regimen adopted after transplant might affect the efficacy of post-transplant vaccinations. Therefore, every effort should be made to obtain the widest vaccination coverage before the transplantation, whenever possible. This review reports the most relevant literature, providing information on the current approach to the vaccinations in paediatric SOT candidates and recipients.
实体器官移植(SOT)候选者和接受者是一个脆弱的群体,其中移植前导致器官功能不全的疾病以及移植后的免疫抑制治疗使他们面临感染性疾病的风险增加。以最佳成本效益比保证有效预防感染的最佳干预措施是疫苗接种计划;然而,对疫苗的反应需要免疫系统保持良好功能。这在儿童时期更为重要,因为特定的免疫状况使移植候选者和接受者特别脆弱。儿科患者可能对大多数感染缺乏免疫力,并且由于年龄原因在移植登记时可能免疫接种状态不完全。此外,成熟免疫系统发育不完全以及移植后采用的免疫抑制方案可能会影响移植后疫苗接种的效果。因此,应尽可能在移植前努力实现最广泛的疫苗接种覆盖。本综述报告了最相关的文献,提供了关于儿科SOT候选者和接受者当前疫苗接种方法的信息。