Recommendation for Vaccinations in Patients with Crohn

Abstract

Summary:

Patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on immunosuppressive or biological therapy are exposed to a significantly higher risk of infectious complications. Therefore, these patients require systematic and complex precautions which are focused on the early detection and target treatment of these potentially serious complications. Vaccination at the time of diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease or before initiating the biological and/or immunosuppressive therapy has become extraordinarily important. From the clinical point of view, the vaccinations against virus hepatitis B, human papilomavirus, varicella zoster infection and pneumococcal infection are the most important. The life vaccine application is allowed 3 months after biological or immunosuppressive therapy is terminated. Treatment with immunosuppressants and biological preparations is strongly recommended not to begin earlier than 3 weeks after life vaccine application. The present recommendations are based on the consensus of theCzech IBDWorking Group and the ECCO Statement.