Abstract |
To investigate whether patients should be immunized immediately or delay immunization until after reconstitution of the immune system and whether a conjugate or polysaccharide vaccine results in a better immunologic response. Seventy-nine patients were randomly assigned, utilizing a two by two factorial design to receive immediate immunization or delay immunization. Baseline characteristics were similar for the four arms: 78% men, median age 41 years, median time since HIV diagnosis 0.3 years, median CD4 60 cells/mm(3) and median HIV viral load 5.02 log copies/mL. Results in favour of delayed immunization were observed for those serotypes showing a response. The proportional odds ratios for delayed versus immediate immunization were 0.341 (P = 0.04) and 0.204 (P = 0.004) at months 6 and 12, respectively. No differences in immunological response were observed between the two individual vaccines for the shared serotypes studied. HIV-infected adults produced a higher immunological response to pneumococcal vaccine after reconstitution of the immune system.
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Authors | K L Slayter, J Singer, T C K Lee, H Kayhty, W F Schlech |
Journal | International journal of STD & AIDS
(Int J STD AIDS)
Vol. 24
Issue 3
Pg. 227-31
(Mar 2013)
ISSN: 1758-1052 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 23535358
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- 23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Pneumococcal Vaccines
- Vaccines, Conjugate
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Topics |
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
(prevention & control)
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(immunology)
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Canada
- Female
- HIV Infections
(complications, immunology, virology)
- Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Humans
- Immunization
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Odds Ratio
- Pneumococcal Infections
(prevention & control)
- Pneumococcal Vaccines
(administration & dosage)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
(immunology)
- Time Factors
- Vaccines, Conjugate
(immunology)
- Viral Load
- Young Adult
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