Chronic Immunosuppression

Solid organ transplant recipients, including liver transplant recipients, are likely at an increased risk for severe COVID-19, therefore researchers recommended priority vaccination status for patients’ pre-transplantation.

Immunocompromised individuals have a number of justifiable concerns surrounding COVID-19. One of those concerns is that a two-dose vaccine schedule may not produce a sufficient antibody response to protect them from the virus.

In a presentation during the virtual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, called steroids “one of the more vexing treatment modalities in pediatrics.”