TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Vaccines, Toxoids, and Other Immunobiologics A1 - Wells, Barbara G. A1 - DiPiro, Joseph T. A1 - Schwinghammer, Terry L. A1 - DiPiro, Cecily V. PY - 2017 T2 - Pharmacotherapy Quick Guide 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144735485 ER -