Live virus vaccination of pediatric solid organ transplant candidates within 1 month prior to transplantation: A multicenter experience.
Ayelet RosenthalTheresa MadiganSharon F ChenHayley A GansSruti S NadimpalliPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
These cases support that shorter intervals of live vaccine administration prior to transplant may be safe, allowing the vaccination of a larger cohort of SOT candidates. Increasing pretransplant vaccinations is crucial since, in most cases, live viral vaccines are contraindicated posttransplantation, and the most effective vaccine approaches utilize prime-boost strategies, priming before and boosting after transplant.