CDC Health Advisory The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescribing information for eculizumab includes a black box warning for increased risk of meningococcal disease, and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends meningococcal vaccination for all patients receiving eculizumab. Recent data show that some patients receiving eculizumab who were vaccinated with the recommended meningococcal vaccines still developed meningococcal disease, most often from nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis, which rarely causes invasive disease in healthy individuals. July 12, 2017 CDC, Public Health CDC Health Advisory, Eculizumab, Invasive Meningococcal Disease 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFDPH Health Advisory: Invasive Meningococcal Disease SFDPH Health Advisory: Invasive Meningococcal Disease – Vaccination Recommendations for Certain Men Who Have Sex with Men, published April 4, 2014. May 1, 2014 Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health health advisory, SFDPH health advisory, IMD, invasive meningococcal disease 0 0 Comment Read More »
