Vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae disease
In children under the age of two, only conjugate vaccines containing 10 or 13 serotypes of the bacterium are effective and used to protect against invasive diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). These are vaccines in which the bacterial polysaccharide antigen is bound to an immunogenic protein (from the structure of, tetanus, diphtheria, or Hemophilus influenza ), which enhances the immune response and stimulates immune memory.
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About the vaccine
- The vaccine contains polysaccharides of serotypes: 1, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F (in 13 valence more: 3, 6A and 19A), protein carriers and aluminum phosphate as an adjuvant (enhancer of immune response).The vaccine does not contain any live infectious materials.
- According to the current immunization schedule, your child will receive three doses of this vaccine in the first 6 month of life, and another dose after the age of of 12-18 months .
- If your child is at particular risk of pneumococcal disease (chronic diseases of the lungs, heart and blood vessels, kidneys, liver, dysfunctional spleen, tissue and organ transplantation, malignancies, implantation cochlear implant, etc.), he may need additional dose of conjugate vaccine, and also vaccination with the polysaccharide vaccine Pneumo 23 (containing polysaccharides from 23 serotypes of the bacteria after the age of 2 years,.
- The vaccine is given by injection into the thigh muscle in infants and in the upper arm in older children (older then 3 years).
- It can be given at the same time as other vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, hepatitis B, MMR vaccine, etc.) but given at a different injection site.
- If your child has an acute infection accompanied by a high temperature, the vaccination should be postponed until recovery. The vaccine is not given to children who have had an anaphylactic (allergic) reaction to the active substance of the vaccine or to any of the excipients in the vaccine.
