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| EDITORIAL |
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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 55-56 |
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Addressing the need for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Kaushik Saha
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
| Date of Web Publication | 23-Jun-2014 |
Correspondence Address:
Kaushik Saha
Rabindra Pally, 1st Lane, P.O. - Nimta, Kolkata - 700 049, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2320-8775.135104
How to cite this article:
Saha K. Addressing the need for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. J Assoc Chest Physicians 2014;2:55-6 |
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| Introduction | |  |
Vaccination plays a major role in preventing potentially life-threatening infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, and thereby decreases the frequency of hospitalization and risk of death. Currently, there is recommendation for use of pneumococcal vaccines (polysaccharide or conjugate) and influenza vaccines (killed or live) in COPD patients. [1]
| Pneumococcal vaccination | | |
Beneficial effect of pneumococcal vaccination like significant reduction in hospitalizations and risk of death was shown in a large cohort study in individuals with COPD, whereas another study failed to demonstrate reduction in hospitalizations with the use of pneumococcal vaccination. [2] Currently available pneumococcal vaccines are of two types, polysaccharide vaccines, and conjugate vaccines. [3]
Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is recommended in COPD patients 65 years and older, and also younger patients with significant comorbid conditions such as cardiac disease except those who are hypersensitive to any component of vaccine. [4] All persons who are aged 65 years and older should receive one dose of PPSV23 and no additional doses of PPSV23 are recommended after this dose. Individuals who had received a dose of PPSV23 before the age 65 years, a minimum interval of 5 years must be there before giving the final dose. [5] This vaccine administration reduces the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients younger than age 65 with an forced expiratory volume in the first second <40% predicted. [6]
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has been recently approved in India for prevention of pneumonia in adults (mainly in COPD patients) aged 50 years and older. [3],[5] Immune responses to PCV13 and PPV23 are different and if both vaccines are to be used, PCV13 should be administered first as prior receipt of the PPV23 may result in a blunted response to PCV13. [5],[7] In individuals not received previous doses of PPSV23, give PCV13 first and then give PPSV23 at least 8 weeks later (minimum interval). In individuals received one or more doses of PPSV23, there should be at least 1 year (minimum) interval between the last PPSV23 and the PCV13 dose. [5] Single dose of PCV13 is enough to protect the adult against life-threatening pneumonia for life time.
| Influenza vaccination | | |
Influenza vaccination (killed or live) is recommended for all patients with COPD. It can reduce serious illness (such as lower respiratory tract infection requiring hospitalization) and death in COPD patients. [8],[9],[10] It is not recommended for individuals with hypersensitivity to any component of vaccine, especially eggs. The strains are adjusted every year for appropriate effectiveness and should be given once each year before influenza season or at any time throughout season. [11]
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