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Pathology - Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Sickle-Cell Disease
This patient may has functional asplenia secondary to splenic infarct from sickle-cell anemia. The objective of vignettes like this is to recognize what preventative measures are appropriate for certain patient groups. Patients with functional or surgical asplenia are at higher sensitivity to encapsulated pathogens such as pneumococcus. Although this patient should have had the pneumococcal conjugated vaccination, it is suggested that patients with asplenia additionally obtain the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine due to its extended number of serotypes covered. It is important to highlight that this patient is also sensitive to organisms such as Neisseria and Haemophilus . This patient should additionally receive the meningococcal and Haemophilus influenzae B vaccines if he has not already.
This patient may has functional asplenia secondary to splenic infarct from sickle-cell anemia. The objective of vignettes like this is to recognize what preventative measures are appropriate for certain patient groups. Patients with functional or surgical asplenia are at higher sensitivity to encapsulated pathogens such as pneumococcus. Although this patient should have had the pneumococcal conjugated vaccination, it is suggested that patients with asplenia additionally obtain the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine due to its extended number of serotypes covered. It is important to highlight that this patient is also sensitive to organisms such as Neisseria and Haemophilus . This patient should additionally receive the meningococcal and Haemophilus influenzae B vaccines if he has not already.
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