Relationship between T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent vaccines after neurotrauma; is the B-cell response preserved?

There was no correlation between the pneumococcal responses and that to Hib, indicating that B-cell function is not similarly depressed as T-cell function. Grading of the trauma or parameters reflecting the innate immune response could not predict the T-cell-dependent vaccine response. There is a need of further studies evaluating the vaccine response after neurotrauma.