Objectives: The objective of this survey was to highlight whether influenza vaccination advised or not in patients with heart failure. Whether failure are aware its significance not, and more importantly they getting vaccinated not. Methodology: This descriptive short conducted at clinic a tertiary care cardiac center. Consecutive reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) were interviewed regarding awa...

This study seeks to test the feasibility of vaccinating injecting drug users for hepatitis B in primary care and to identify predictors of poor immune response. Two hundred and seventy-five injecting drug users were identified from the case notes of a large general practice in an area of high multiple deprivation in northwest Edinburgh and, where appropriate, offered hepatitis B vaccination fol...

A retrospective review was conducted of yellow fever vaccination among laboratory workers receiving annual serologic assessment to determine the initial and long-term response after boosting. Patients were divided into three groups based on pre-vaccination serology: Group 1, 1:10; Group 2, 1:20-1:40 and Group 3, >1:40. The percent with > or = four-fold increase in titers after booster vaccinati...

Tetanus vaccination is part of the Norwegian childhood vaccination program. An elderly woman injured her arm and leg after a minor fall on her outdoor stairs. Two weeks later she presented with trismus. This developed into tetanic spasms, obstructed airways and the need for a tracheostomy. She died 14 days later due to pneumonia and multi-organ failure. ELISA for tetanus toxoid IgG was negative...

BACKGROUND Seasonal Influenza ("the flu") is a respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. Yearly influenza vaccination is considered to be protective against illness and/or severity of illness and is recommended by CDC for all individuals > 6 months of age. However, the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in older individuals has come under question. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical c...

Severe infection in patients who have lost splenic function is called overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI). Untimely treatment of patients with OPSI results in critical conditions with mortality rates as high as 50 %-70 %. For patients who undergo a splenectomy, vaccination is recommended for the prevention of OPSI. However, in Japan, the vaccination utilization rates are low. Herein, ...