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Antibody persistence after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia




AuthorsLindström V., Aittoniemi J., Salmenniemi U., Käyhty H., Huhtala H., Itälä-Remes M., Sinisalo M.

PublisherTaylor and Francis Inc.

Publication year2018

JournalHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Journal name in sourceHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volume14

Issue6

First page 1471

Last page1474

Number of pages4

ISSN2164-5515

eISSN2164-554X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1436424


Abstract

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are at a high risk for infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. A pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) can induce a significant antibody response for some CLL patients. In this study we investigated antibody persistence after PCV7 in patients with CLL. The study material comprised 24 patients with CLL and 8 immunocompetent controls. The median antibody concentrations five years after PCV7 were lower for six pneumococcal serotypes in patients with CLL compared to controls, but the difference was not statistically significant. Depending on the serotype, the percentage of the CLL patients with antibody levels suggested to provide protection against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) varied from 29 to 71% five years after vaccination. This data suggests that PCV could result in antibody persistence at least five years in CLL patients.



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