Pneumococcal vaccination

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Pneumococcal vaccination. Immunosuppressed patients, Patients with asplenism, Chronic end organ diseases. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Indications for pneumococcal vaccination

  • Immunosuppressed patients
  • Patients with asplenism
  • Chronic end organ diseases
  • Cochlear implants
  • Previous basal of skull fracture
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak
  • In-situ CSF shunts
  • People over the age of 65 years

References

  1. Chaudhuri A, Martin PM, Kennedy PGE, et al. EFNS guideline on the management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis: report of an EFNS Task Force on acute bacterial meningitis in older children and adults. Eur J Neurol 2008; 15:649-659.

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