Randomised trial of intradermal Mycobacterium vaccae or intradermal hepatitis B immunisation in children with HIV infection

Daniel Johnson, Richard D. Waddell, Steven I. Pelton, Anna S. Jaeger, John F. Modlin, Ram Yogev, Paul Morin, Robert D. Arbeit, C. Fordham Von Reyn

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Abstract

This study assessed the safety of inactivated Myobacterium vaccae as a candidate vaccine to prevent disseminated mycobacterial disease in children with HIV infection 35 children ages 1-8 with CD4 counts ≥300/mm3 in New Hampshire, Boston and Chicago were randomised in a 2:1 schedule to receive a 3-dose series of intradermal M. vaccae vaccine (MV) or hepatitis B vaccine (HBV) at 2-month intervals. Immunisation was safe and well tolerated; 2-day median vaccine site induration was 5 mm in MV recipients and 0 mm in HBV recipients (p<0.001). There were no significantly different changes in viral load or CD4 count between the two vaccine groups. No PPD skin test conversion occurred after immunisation. MV is safe and well tolerated and deserves further evaluation as vaccine to prevent mycobacterial disease in HIV- infected children.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2583-2587
Number of pages5
JournalVaccine
Volume17
Issue number20-21
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 4 1999

Keywords

  • HIV
  • Immunisation
  • Myobacteria

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Medicine
  • General Veterinary

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