Table 3.
Recommended vaccinations after renal transplantation
| Vaccines | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Routine vaccines | |
| Influenza parenteral | Yearly |
| Influenza intra nasal | Contraindicated |
| Pneumococcal | Recommended, 1 time booster after 5 years |
| Tetanus/diphtheria | Recommended |
| Measles, mumps, and rubella | Contraindicated |
| Varicella | Contraindicated |
| Vaccines for selected travelers after transplantation | |
| Hepatitis A | Recommended |
| Hepatitis B | Occasionally recommended |
| Meningococcal | Occasionally recommended |
| Typhim Vi | Recommended |
| Salmonella typhi Type 21a | Contraindicated |
| Oral polio | Contraindicated in patients/family members |
| Inactivated polio | Recommended |
| Rabies | Occasionally recommended |
| Bacillus Calmette-Guerin | Contraindicated |
| Yellow fever | Contraindicated |
| Japanese encephalitis | Occasionally recommended |