Vaccination in dermatology 2025: Update considering current recommendations of the German Standing Committee on Vaccination.

ABSTRACT: The immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory treatment of dermatological patients necessitates the regular review and updating of standard vaccinations and vaccines indicated for specific conditions. The German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) at the Robert Koch Institute regularly publishes evidence-based vaccination recommendations, which are adapted to the current epidemiological situation and availability of vaccines. Since 2020, several changes have been made that are relevant for patients with dermato(onco)logical diseases: (1) COVID-19 was defined as a new viral disease and several vaccines have been introduced; (2) in response to the global Mpox outbreak in 2022, a non-replicating live vaccine based on the modified Ankara vaccinia virus, which was approved in 2013 for the pr

SUBMITTER: Stoevesandt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12338432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature