Multiple sclerosis (MS): vaccination guidelines

Evidence-based neurology checklist on multiple sclerosis (ms): vaccination guidelines: General vaccination guidelines Annual influenza vaccinations are recommended even in pregnancy Pneumococcal vaccination is recommended on immunosuppressants Immunizations should be deferred during relapses Live…

General vaccination guidelines

  • Annual influenza vaccinations are recommended even in pregnancy
  • Pneumococcal vaccination is recommended on immunosuppressants
  • Immunizations should be deferred during relapses

Live attenuated vaccines guidelines

Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine recommendations: before

Herpes zoster virus recombinant vaccine recommendations: before

Vaccine-induced antibody titre monitoring: 1-2 months after the last dose of

Timings of inactivated vaccines

Timings of live attenuated vaccines

Other vaccine recommendations

References

  1. Farez MF, Correale J, Armstrong MJ, et al. Practice guideline update summary: Vaccine-preventable infections and immunization in multiple sclerosis: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2019; 93:584-594. 
  2. Lebrun C, Vukusic S; French Group for Recommendations in Multiple Sclerosis (France4MS) and the Société Francophone de la Sclérose En Plaques (SFSEP). Immunization and multiple sclerosis: recommendations from the French multiple sclerosis society. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2019; 31:173-188.
  3. Otero-Romero S, Lebrun-Frénay C, Reyes S, et al. European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and European Academy of Neurology consensus on vaccination in people with multiple sclerosis: Improving immunization strategies in the era of highly active immunotherapeutic drugs. Eur J Neurol 2023 (Online ahead of print). 

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