Vaccinating children with underlying rheumatic diseases is important to reduce their risk of acquiring infectious diseases. These vaccines are safe to use in this patient group, with the exceptions of profoundly immunosuppressed pateints or those with malevonate kinase deficiency. Some vaccines also induce lower than normal immune responses in these children.
- Clovis A. Silva
- Nadia E. Aikawa
- Eloisa Bonfa