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Review Article

Korean J Pediatr. 2006;49(1):14-17. Published online January 15, 2006.

Immunization of preterm and low birth weight infant

Su-Eun SE Park¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

Correspondence Su-Eun SE Park ,Email: psepse@naver.com

Abstract

Infants who are born prematurely or with low birth weight should be immunized at the same postnatal chronologic age. They should receive BCG, DTaP, IPV vaccines according to the same recommended schedule as full term infants. Hepatitis B vaccine schedule is modified when hepatitis B vaccine is administered a infant with birth weight less than 2,000 g. The recommended standard dose of each vaccine should be administered. Proportion of children experiencing vaccine-related adverse events dose not differ between full-term and preterm infants. Immunization with routinely recommended childhood vaccines is safe for preterm and low birth weight infants.

Keywords :Immunization , Preterm