RT Book, Section
A1 Schwinghammer, Terry L.
A1 DiPiro, Joseph T.
A1 Ellingrod, Vicki L.
A1 DiPiro, Cecily V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178897685
T1 Vaccines, Toxoids, and Other Immunobiologics
T2 Pharmacotherapy Handbook, 11e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260116694
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178897685
RD 2024/04/19
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.