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British Journal of Dermatology
November 2014 Volume 171, Issue 5 Pages i–i, 921–1276, e95–e99
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.2014.171.issue-5/issuetoc
Accepted Article
Poor adherence to vaccination guidelines in dermatology patients on immunosuppressive therapies: an issue in need of address
M. Sadlier1,*, C. Sadlier2,3, A. Alani1, K. Ahmad1, C. Bergin2,3 and B. Ramsay1
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13543
Abstract
Patients with skin disease are increasingly prescribed systemic immunosuppressive therapies which can increase their susceptibility to infection.1,2 Many of the infections encountered are preventable through comprehensive pre-immunosuppression assessment, pro-active treatment of any identified latent infection, and administration of recommended vaccinations. Despite the availability of both specialty specific consensus immunisation guidelines3,4 as well as general guidelines for the immunocompromised individual,5 which advise routine administration of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations to patients taking immunosuppressive therapies as outlined in Table 1, adherence to these recommendations and provision of vaccinations is often poor. This is of concern as influenza infection is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality annually, and pneumococcal infection is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

PLoS Pathogens
10(11): e1004438. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004438
War and Infectious Diseases: Challenges of the Syrian Civil War
Sima L. Sharara, Souha S. Kanj mail
Published: November 13, 2014
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004438
Overview
Syria’s ongoing three-year civil war has displaced 6.5 million Syrians, left hundreds of thousands wounded or killed by violence, and created a vacuum in basic infrastructures that will reverberate throughout the region for years to come. Beyond such devastation, the civil war has introduced epidemics of infections that have spread through vulnerable populations in Syria and neighboring countries. In this article, we discuss the growing epidemics of poliomyelitis, measles, and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Syria and the region to examine the impact of conditions of war on the spread of infectious diseases in a public health emergency of global concern.

Special Focus Newsletters
RotaFlash – November 21, 2014
Lead Story
Rotavirus infections and related hospitalizations and deaths plummet in Brazil
New studies show remarkable evidence of rotavirus vaccine impact and effectiveness in Brazil 8 years after introduction of vaccines