Vaccine allergy

Jean-Christoph Caubet; Claude Ponvert

doi:10.1016/j.iac.2014.04.004

Vaccine allergy

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2014 Aug;34(3):597-613, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2014.04.004.

Authors

Jean-Christoph Caubet¹, Claude Ponvert²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva and Medical School, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Jean-Christoph.Caubet@hucge.ch.
² Pulmonology & Allergology Service, Department of Pediatrics, Sick Children's Hospital, Paris, France.

PMID: 25017679
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2014.04.004

Abstract

Overdiagnosis of vaccine allergy is considered a major public health problem. This article discusses the different types of allergic reactions after immunization based on the timing (immediate vs nonimmediate) and the extent of the reaction (local vs systemic). The vaccine components potentially responsible for an allergic reaction are discussed, as well as the management of patients with a history of reaction to a specific vaccine and those with a history of allergy to one of the vaccine components.

Keywords: Children; Egg; Gelatin; Hypersensitivity; Toxoids; Vaccine allergy; Vaccine components.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disease Management
Humans
Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Hypersensitivity / etiology
Hypersensitivity / prevention & control*
Risk Factors
Vaccines / adverse effects*
Vaccines / classification

Substances

Vaccines