Reduced incidence of pneumonia in influenza-vaccinated solid organ transplant recipients with influenza disease.

ABSTRACT: Whether influenza vaccination influences the severity of illness in cases of clinical failure in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients receiving influenza vaccine has not been extensively studied. Our goal was to evaluate the frequency of influenza vaccination among SOT recipients with influenza disease and its impact on the illness severity during the 2010-2011 season. Adult SOT recipients with confirmed influenza infection were included from December 2010 to April 2011. Follow-up data were recorded and antibody titres were determined using a microneutralization assay. Sixty-four SOT recipients were included in the study, ten (15.6%) with severe disease, requiring admission to intensive care units, of whom four (6.3%) died. In all, 34 (53.1%) received the 2010-2011 seasonal influenza va

SUBMITTER: Perez-Romero P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7129853 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature