[The immunosuppressed traveler : vaccination guidelines].

Rev Med Suisse

Unité d'infectiologie pédiatrique et vaccinologie, Département femme-mère-enfant, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.

Published: May 2018

The number of immunosuppressed travelers has exponentially increased in the past few years. This is a positive development as these patients, owing to much improved management, are now in a condition allowing them to plan activities abroad comparable to healthy persons. However, pre-travel consultation and vaccinations are particularly important to reduce the risks and/or the complications of travel-related diseases. Although we already published a review on this topic in 2013, the recent increase of immunosuppressive agents available in Switzerland justifies this update.

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