RT Book, Section
A1 Wells, Barbara G.
A1 DiPiro, Joseph T.
A1 Schwinghammer, Terry L.
A1 DiPiro, Cecily V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1144735485
T1 Vaccines, Toxoids, and Other Immunobiologics
T2 Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259586439
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144735485
RD 2024/04/23
AB Vaccines  are  substances  administered  to  generate  a  protective  immune  response.  They  can  be  live  attenuated  or  killed.Toxoids  are  inactivated  bacterial  toxins.  They  retain  the  ability  to  stimulate  the  formation  of  antitoxins,  which  are  antibodies  directed  against  the  bacterial  toxin.Adjuvants  are  inert  substances,  such  as  aluminum  salts  (ie,  alum),  which  enhance  vaccine  antigenicity  by  prolonging  antigen  absorption.Immune  sera  are  sterile  solutions  containing  antibody  derived  from  human  (immunoglobulin  [Ig])  or  equine  (antitoxin)  sources.