Victoria Furer, Christien Rondaan, Marloes W Heijstek, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Sander van Assen, Marc Bijl, Ferry C Breedveld, Raffaele D'Amelio, Maxime Dougados, Meliha Crnkic Kapetanovic, Jacob M van Laar, A de Thurah, Robert Bm Landewé, Anna Molto, Ulf Müller-Ladner, Karen Schreiber, Leo Smolar, Jim Walker, Klaus Warnatz, Nico M Wulffraat, Ori Elkayam
To update the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) published in 2011. Four systematic literature reviews were performed regarding the incidence/prevalence of vaccine-preventable infections among patients with AIIRD; efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of vaccines; effect of anti-rheumatic drugs on the response to vaccines; effect of vaccination of household of AIIRDs patients. Subsequently, recommendations were formulated based on the evidence and expert opinion...
January 2020: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases