dr_jojo
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A 60 year old male with T cell lymphoma he is currently on chemotherapy , visiting his primary care physician , diagnosed with malignancy 2 ms ago, he has not recieved any immunization for the past 10 years
which of the following should his physician administer
A inactivated influenza vaccine
B MMR
C Teanus toxoid
D Varicella
E varicella+MMR
F pneumococcal vaccine +inactivated influenza
G pneumococcal vaccine
H hepatitis A +hepatitis B
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| sarika
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G pneumococcal vaccine maybe because its the only one which is T cell independent.
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| yu
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F
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| mjl1717
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also from what I know there not live... hep. A & B are thought of more for healthcare wokers
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| dr_jojo
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Sarika is right
the right answer is G
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| Dr.Luck
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yeah, dr_jojo..I rememeber this q & I also went for pneumococcal vaccine but the answer in kaplan was tetanus vaccine so I marked it worng....so is this correct that pnemococcal vaccine is the one that should be given to this patient?
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| dr_jojo
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hi Dr Luck
the answer in kaplan bank updated jan 2006 is to give pneumococcal only but they didnot explain why not tetanus and inf vaccine
but sarika told me coz he is immun. compromized so only pneumoc will work
what do u think
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