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Vol. 98. Issue 2.
Pages 88-90 (March 2007)
Vol. 98. Issue 2.
Pages 88-90 (March 2007)
Practical dermatology
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Immunization Against Viral Hepatitis: An Obligatory Recommendation in Consults for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Inmunización Contra la Hepatitis Vírica: Una Recomendación Obligada en las Consultas por Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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I. García-Doval
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ignacio.garcia.doval@sergas.es

Correspondence: Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra. Loureiro Crespo, 2. 36001 Pontevedra.
Servicio de Dermatología, Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
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Numerous international institutions recommend vaccination against hepatitis B for all non-immune patients that consult for a sexually transmitted disease. It is a simple and safe procedure, frequently forgotten in dermatological clinics. Hepatitis B vaccine is administered via intramuscular route in the deltoid in 3 doses (at months 0, 1 and 6). The vaccine against hepatitis A is indicated for non-immune homosexual men that have a sexually transmitted disease. There exists a combined vaccine A + B that facilitates the administration in these cases.

Key words:
hepatitis B
vaccination
hepatitis A
sexually transmitted diseases
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Numerosos organismos internacionales recomiendan la vacunación contra la hepatitis B en todos los pacientes no inmunes que consultan por una enfermedad de transmisión sexual. Se trata de un procedimiento sencillo y seguro, frecuentemente olvidado en las consultas dermatológicas. Se administra por vía intramuscular en el deltoides, en tres dosis (meses 0, 1 y 6). La vacunación contra la hepatitis A está indicada en varones homosexuales no inmunes que padecen una enfermedad de transmisión sexual. Existe una vacuna combinada A + B, que facilita la administración en estos casos.

Palabras clave:
hepatitis B
vacunación
hepatitis A
enfermedades de transmisión sexual
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Copyright © 2007. Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología and Elsevier España, S.L.
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