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Table 7b

VaccineHIV/AIDS, Organ Transplantation, Severe Immunosuppressiona Asplenia, Renal Failure, Alcoholism, and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
Live vaccines
BCGContraindicatedUse if indicated
Oral polioContraindicatedUse if indicated
VacciniaContraindicatedUse if indicated
Typhoid, Ty21aContraindicatedUse if indicated
Yellow feverb ContraindicatedUse if indicated
Killed or inactivated vaccines
AnthraxUse if indicatedUse if indicated
Inactivated choleraUse if indicatedUse if indicated
Inactivated polioUse if indicatedUse if indicated
Japanese encephalitisUse if indicatedUse if indicated
PlagueUse if indicatedUse if indicated
Typhoid, inactivatedUse if indicatedUse if indicated
RabiesUse if indicatedUse if indicated

a Severe immunosuppression can be the result of congenital immunodeficiency, HIV infection, leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia, generalized malignancy, or therapy with alkylating agents, antimetabolites, radiation, large amounts of corticosteroids, or TNF-alpha blockers.

b Yellow fever vaccine should be considered for patients when exposure to yellow fever cannot be avoided.